rigidity.
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
Meaning & usage
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
moral rigidity
The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.
The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
structural rigidity
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
speak with excessive rigidity
stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
Where this word comes from
From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.