rigidities
Lack of flexibility
Rigidities is the plural of rigidity—the quality of being stiff, inflexible, or resistant to change.
The word appears most often in technical or formal contexts: market rigidities, wage rigidities, the rigidities of bureaucracy.
In economics, rigidities are factors that prevent prices or wages from adjusting freely to market conditions.
Resistance to penetration
- brittlenessProne to snapping
- tautnessState of being pulled firm
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- solidityFirmness of structure
inelasticity · resistance · tenseness · calcification · ossification · petrification · congealment · frozenness
Refusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
immutability · fixedness · dogmatism · close-mindedness · uncompromisingness · implacability · intractability · adamance
Inflexibility in enforcement
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- conformityAdherence to norms
- severityIntensity of sternness
austerity · orthodoxy · authoritarianism · enforcement · bureaucracy · regulation · standardization · regimentation
Strict observance of convention
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
convention · pageantry · solemnity · customs · tradition · ritual · ceremony · pomp
Restrictions on cross-border commerce
- protectionismShielding local producers
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- quotasMandated numerical limits
hardness
Resistance to penetration
- brittlenessProne to snapping
- tautnessState of being pulled firm
- firmnessResistance to deformation
solidity · inelasticity · resistance · tenseness · calcification · ossification · petrification · congealment · frozenness · immobility
intransigence
Refusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
unbendingness · immutability · fixedness · dogmatism · close-mindedness · uncompromisingness · implacability · intractability · adamance · pigheadedness
strictness
Inflexibility in enforcement
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- conformityAdherence to norms
severity · austerity · orthodoxy · authoritarianism · enforcement · bureaucracy · regulation · standardization · regimentation · hierarchy
formality
Strict observance of convention
propriety · convention · pageantry · solemnity · customs · tradition · ritual · ceremony · pomp · officiousness
trade barriers
Restrictions on cross-border commerce
- protectionismShielding local producers
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- quotasMandated numerical limits
rigiditiesflexibilities
Capacities to bend or adjust
suppleness · elasticities · plasticity · softness · springiness
rigiditiesflexibilities
Capacities to bend or adjust
adaptabilities · fluidity · versatility · responsiveness · adjustability
rigiditiesopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
flexibilities · flexibility · tolerance · receptiveness · broad-mindedness
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