inflexibleness
Refusal to bend
Inflexibleness is the quality of being rigid or unyielding—whether physically, as in a material that won't bend, or in disposition, as in a person who refuses to compromise.
The word is rare; inflexibility serves the same purpose and appears far more often: His inflexibleness on the budget made negotiations impossible.
Unyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obduracyStubborn refusal to yield
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
bullheadedness · willfulness · doggedness · pertinacity · recalcitrance · immovability · uncompromisingness · single-mindedness
Intensity of sternness
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
harshness · exactingness · firmness · discipline · authoritarianism · dogmatism · orthodoxy · formality
Resistance to deformation
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- inelasticityInability to stretch back
- solidityFirmness of structure
brittleness · unbendingness · toughness · steeliness · adamancy · incompressibility · tenseness · woodenness
obstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obduracyStubborn refusal to yield
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
pigheadedness · bullheadedness · willfulness · doggedness · pertinacity · recalcitrance · immovability · uncompromisingness · single-mindedness · tenacity
severity
Intensity of sternness
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- stringencySeverity of requirements
sternness · harshness · exactingness · firmness · discipline · authoritarianism · dogmatism · orthodoxy · formality · intolerance
stiffness
Resistance to deformation
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- inelasticityInability to stretch back
solidity · brittleness · unbendingness · toughness · steeliness · adamancy · incompressibility · tenseness · woodenness · rigidness
inflexiblenessflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
pliability · bendability · malleability · ductility · suppleness
inflexiblenessflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
adaptability · open-mindedness · receptiveness · versatility · adjustability
inflexiblenesscompliance
Adhering to requirements
acquiescence · submissiveness · docility · pliancy · cooperativeness
flexible, flex, reflex, flexibility, inflexible, reflexes, inflexibility, inflection, inflexibly