rigidification
Process of hardening
Rigidification is the process of becoming rigid or making something rigid.
The term appears in technical contexts—engineering, chemistry, materials science—where flexibility gives way to stiffness: rigidification of the polymer occurs at low temperatures.
Figuratively, it describes systems or thinking becoming inflexible: the rigidification of bureaucratic procedures.
Transition to firm state
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
petrification · crystallization · induration · cementation · coagulation · congealment · vitrification · mineralization
Quality of being unbending
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
unbendingness · entrenchment · orthodoxy · close-mindedness · fundamentalism · absolutism · stubbornness · implacability
Persistent mental attachment
- splintingStabilizing injured bones externally
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- castingShaping through liquid form
- anchoringFastening securely to position
stabilization · locking · clamping · securing · fastening · pinning · binding · strapping
Adding support or encouragement
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
strengthening · shoring · toughening · stabilizing · armoring
solidification
Transition to firm state
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
ossification · petrification · crystallization · induration · cementation · coagulation · congealment · vitrification · mineralization · fossilization
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
unyieldingness · unbendingness · entrenchment · orthodoxy · close-mindedness · fundamentalism · absolutism · stubbornness · implacability · intractability
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- splintingStabilizing injured bones externally
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- castingShaping through liquid form
anchoring · stabilization · locking · clamping · securing · fastening · pinning · binding · strapping · bolting
reinforcement
Adding support or encouragement
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- buttressingSupporting from the side
bracing · strengthening · shoring · toughening · stabilizing · armoring
rigidificationsoftening
Becoming less firm
loosening · liquefaction · relaxation · plasticization · fluidization
rigidificationliberalization
Reducing state economic controls
relaxation · loosening · deregulation · opening up · softening
rigidificationmobilization
Organizing for action
destabilization · unfreezing · unlocking · freeing · disintegration
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