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rigidity

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English

Etymology

From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)

  1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
    The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.
    She disliked the rigidity of the rules.
    moral rigidity
  2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
    structural rigidity
  3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
    speak with excessive rigidity
  4. (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

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