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inflexibility

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inflexibility

the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)

the principalʼs inflexibility in matters of discipline is the stuff of school legend

Synonyms of inflexibility

exactingness, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency

Words Related to inflexibility

callousness, hard-heartedness, implacability, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessness

dourness, gruffness

asceticism, austereness, austerity, monasticism

determination, firmness, resolve, steadfastness

obstinacy, stubbornness

Near Antonyms of inflexibility

forbearance, indulgence, kindness, lenience, patience, softness, tenderness, tolerance

responsiveness, willingness

compliance, pliability, pliancy

Antonyms of inflexibility

flexibility, gentleness, laxness, mildness

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