inflexibility |
inflexibility |
inflexibility | (n) a lack of physical flexibility, Syn. inflexibleness, Ant. flexibility |
inflexibility | (n) the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe, Syn. rigidness, rigidity, Ant. flexibility |
Inflexibility | n. [ Cf. F. inflexibilité. ] The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy. [ 1913 Webster ] The inflexibility of mechanism. A. Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ] That grave inflexibility of soul. Churchill. [ 1913 Webster ] The purity and inflexibility of their faith. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
不撓不屈 | [ふとうふくつ, futoufukutsu] (adj-na, n) inflexibility; tenacity; indomitableness [Add to Longdo] |