as in severity
the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)
sometimes the rigidity of the headmaster's discipline was deemed excessive by even much of the faculty
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Recent Examples of rigidity
Given the rigidity of the NFL’s uniform policy, the Titans could all but monopolize the use of the blue in their primary uniforms for several seasons.
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
But with such specific details captured, the doc also opens up ideas around restorative justice, when the rigidity of how the law is applied feels unlikely to achieve anything worthwhile.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
Computer models allowed Renault to minimize the quantity of material utilized, focusing it on the most important areas needed to maintain rigidity.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Such failures arose from the first Trump administration’s toxic brew of ideological rigidity, bureaucratic incompetence, and interagency feuding.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
But with such specific details captured, the doc also opens up ideas around restorative justice, when the rigidity of how the law is applied feels unlikely to achieve anything worthwhile.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
Computer models allowed Renault to minimize the quantity of material utilized, focusing it on the most important areas needed to maintain rigidity.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Such failures arose from the first Trump administration’s toxic brew of ideological rigidity, bureaucratic incompetence, and interagency feuding.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rigidity
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“Rigidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigidity. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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