rigidity
ri ji duh tee
- n the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- n the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
- Schools once famous for rigidity and discipline have turned into chaotic places where students even physically assault teachers.
- On questions relating to the Bible's treatment of family and morals, one might expect assurance, if not rigidity, from Evangelical Christianity.
- There are by now plenty of models and actresses who have decried the rigidity of the ideal that they are paid to inhabit.