rigidity

1. (countable, uncountable)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.

   Festigkeit

   жёсткостьžóstkostʹ

   жо́рсткістьžórstkistʹ

   the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

2. (countable, uncountable)The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

   structural rigidity

3. (countable, uncountable)Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

   speak with excessive rigidity

4. (countable, uncountable)Stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

1. That school is known for its almost military-like rigidity.

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