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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inflexibility \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inflexibility n 1: a lack of physical flexibility [syn: {inflexibleness}] [ant: {flexibility}] 2: the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe [syn: {rigidity}] [ant: {flexibility}]
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