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adamancy

adamancy

9.9
A very great hardness that cannot be broken or pierced
  • noun
  • /ˈædəmənsi/
translation icon : indestructibilidad
  • Legends spoke of a sword whose adamancy could cut through any material.

Examples

  • The adamancy of diamond makes it a popular choice for jewelry.

  • Scientists marveled at the adamancy of the newly discovered mineral.

  • The adamancy of the fortress walls made them nearly impossible to breach.

  • The adamancy of the fortress walls kept invaders at bay.

  • The adamancy of the fortress walls made them nearly impossible to breach.

  • Scientists marveled at the adamancy of the newly discovered mineral.

  • The adamancy of diamond makes it a popular choice for jewelry.

Synonyms

invulnerability
vsadamancy
5 7.9

The state of not being able to be harmed in body or feelings

limits meaning to extreme physical hardness and being impenetrable
indestructibility
vsadamancy
1 9.0

A quality that makes something impossible to break or harm

focuses more on surface hardness and impenetrability not all destruction types
indefectibility
vsadamancy
1 9.9

The state of being unable to fail, end, or be destroyed

stresses extreme material hardness not abstract nonfailure or permanence
adamantium
vsadamancy
9.9

Extremely strong and not able to be broken

is focused specifically on physical extreme hardness and impenetrability
unbreakableness
vsadamancy
7.9

The quality of not breaking when pressed or hit

emphasizes sheer material hardness rather than general resistance
imperishableness
vsadamancy
9.9

The quality of lasting a very long time without decay or damage

highlights physical hardness rather than long term preservation

Antonyms

17 5.2

Something that is easy to break or damage, like glass

How Hard

adamancy
9.9
hardness
  • Specialized
5 4.8
softness
4 1.1

Surface Forms

adamancy singular
adamancies plural

Morphology

adamancy = adamant (semi-transparent) = adamant + cy

The suffix 'cy' forms a noun indicating a state or quality, but the specific meaning of 'adamancy' as 'extreme hardness' is not entirely predictable from 'adamant'.

Etymology

Adamancy comes from the old Greek word adamas, which means 'unbreakable' and is the same root as diamond. So it originally described extreme physical hardness.