rigor
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈrɪɡər/
- Formal
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rigor
- You have to demonstrate good governance, fight against corruption, transparency and rigor in results.
- methodological rigor
- academic rigor
- scientific rigor
I love a mix of technical rigor and humor.
- I love a mix of technical rigor and humor.
- What's the role of deep research rigor in the world of cryptocurrency?
- And to do it with integrity and rigor, that's a real thing.
- And that's one of the reasons that rigor is so important in philosophy.
- So depending on what domain you're studying, different standards of rigor are appropriate.
- Walk us through the level of discipline and rigour and training that you've had to adopt.
- I think it's, I don't think it's good historical rigor.
- In depth interviews and the antiseptic mathematical rigor of Tukey is welcomed in polite society.
- And, and it's not something that's amenable, I think, to scientific and mathematical rigour.
- Well, I think let me try and apply my my methodology of rigor here rather than just taking the first analogy off the shelf.
- And parents were able to see what their kids were being taught or not taught and the level of rigor and expectation from the public schools.
- And so the people there is this notion of logic and proof and rigor, which we can all allows us to kind of all stay on one track.
Examples
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The third adaptation is to push for more rigor in each of the elements of the framework.
Academic text (2015) -
The companies may lack the independence and rigor that we expect of government intelligence work.
Academic text (2017) -
And data is very important, and rigor in service design is very important.
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I love the humor and academic rigor they bring.
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Few industrial engineering positions require the technical rigor found in the undergraduate curriculum.
Academic text (2011) -
And that's one of the reasons that rigor is so important in philosophy.
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The authors found only nine studies that were conducted with sufficient rigor to meet the inclusion criteria.
Academic text (2013) -
I was markedly impressed with the authentic engagement and level of rigor generated by this project.
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The creativity of the poets leads closer to truth than the rigor of scientists or philosophers.
Academic text (1990) -
The new policy demands greater rigor in financial reporting to prevent any discrepancies.
Synonyms
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4.1
Careful, steady work that helps you reach a goal
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5.3
Careful work that checks every detail
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3.4
Being very firm about rules and making people follow them
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8.4
Careful attention to small details that makes things correct
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4.1
A state of being accurate and free from mistakes
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7.5
A quality of being very careful about small details
Being very strict and careful about rules or details
A strong need for things to be done very carefully with attention to small details
Being exact and clear about small details
Careful attention to doing what is right and to small details
Antonyms
Compounds
How Rigorous
- Formal
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6.8
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7.5
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5.3
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7.6
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2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rigor comes from a Latin word that means 'stiffness' and from rigere meaning 'to be stiff', the same root as rigid. So, think of a 'stiff' or firm approach — that firmness makes work careful, exact, and strict, which is why rigor means thorough accuracy.