Definitions for: Inflexibility

[n] the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
[n] a lack of physical flexibility

Webster (1913) Definition: In*flex"i*bil"i*ty, n. [Cf. F.
inflexibilit['e].]
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.

The inflexibility of mechanism. --A. Baxter.

That grave inflexibility of soul. --Churchill.

The purity and inflexibility of their faith. --T.
Warton.

Synonyms: inflexibleness, rigidity

Antonyms: flexibility, flexibleness

See Also: rigidness, unadaptability

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