rigid
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈrɪdʒɪd/
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inflexible
- The community resilience approach frames the activities as a continuum and not a rigid demarcation of fundamentally different activities.
- rigid rules
- rigid adherence
- rigid schedule
How do you enforce such a rigid class system You?
- How do you enforce such a rigid class system You?
- In fact, they become more rigid in their gender choices.
- And isn't this empathy and maybe I'm just a cold, rigid, rejecting, mean bad person?
- And there you had a really rigid hierarchy with a lot of leverage.
- Interestingly, which are the most rigid personalities?
- Some people I think are more predisposed to becoming mentally rigid faster.
- And there isn't so much rigid oversight of a right or wrong answer.
- Were not Democrats Small D They believed in rigid hierarchy.
- I'm not trying to be simply, you know, too rigid with this.
- Like would you go stale and rigid and like so?
Examples
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But Athenian society had a very rigid gender separation.
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But Mr. Hall was totally rigid.
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And so they just have this rigid way of thinking.
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There are no rigid rules here.
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You said that I was too rigid.
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In fact, they become more rigid in their gender choices.
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As children approach adolescence, their rigid notions of appropriate behavior according to gender return.
Academic text (2008) -
Quite the contrary: Mexico's labor laws are so rigid that they often discourage foreign investors.
Academic text (2008) -
In any event, these structures are becoming less rigid, more decentralized, flatter, and driven by outcome measures.
Academic text (1990) -
They have a rigid approach to their work that does not allow for any creativity.
Synonyms
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2.9
Not willing to change your mind even when others try to persuade you
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6.8
Not willing to change one's mind even when others disagree
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6.8
Not willing to change opinions or demands, even if it causes problems
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6.8
Very strict and unwilling to change policies or make compromises
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4.7
Not willing to change or accept other ideas
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6.5
Very firm in decisions and not willing to change or give up
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8.1
Not willing to change views or agree with others
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6.7
Refusing to change your mind even when shown evidence
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6.9
Not willing to change your opinions or actions
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8.1
Not willing to change your mind or actions
Antonyms
How Inflexible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rigid for a person or rule comes from the same Latin root rig- meaning 'stiff'. Think of someone whose mind is 'stiff' and will not bend, and that picture explains why rigid means unwilling or unable to change.