inflexibility : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inflexibility	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inflexibility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inflexibility n a lack of physical flexibility [syn: inflexibility, inflexibleness] Antonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe Synonym(s): inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness Antonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inflexibility \Inflex"ibil"ity\, n. [Cf. F. inflexibilit[82].] 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.