immovability

noun

Definition of immovabilitynext
as in recalcitrance

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  1. recalcitrance
  2. intractability
  3. rigidity
  4. disobedience
  5. unruliness
  6. rebelliousness
  7. insubordination
  8. rigidness
Noun
  • The very existence of a halftime show was met with vexation and recalcitrance from fans.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Yet his recalcitrance also runs the risk of costly retribution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
Definition of recalcitrance
Noun
  • Their stories live on in Sardinian lore with an almost mythical quality, the brigands admired for their intractability.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • But Bass and every council member and all their successors need to be reminded that a civic sense of intractability is a dangerous thing.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of intractability
Noun
  • But there is a point where confidence can quietly become certainty, and certainty can become rigidity.
    — Antonia Bowring, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Because different areas of the striatum correspond to different types of movement, the researchers propose that similar imbalances in other striatal circuits could potentially contribute to other forms of behavioral rigidity, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of rigidity
Noun
  • After federal prosecutors and defense attorneys had presented all their evidence Tuesday, Morrow’s attorneys asked Orso to dismiss the three petty charges accusing her of obstruction, disruption and disobedience.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Another child said he was forced to carry out artillery strikes and beaten for disobedience.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of disobedience
Noun
  • Conservative pundits may have wanted Anne to be a model orphan, but that desire just threw her unruliness into sharper relief.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Katseye doesn’t seem to get in as much trouble as K-pop idols have in the past for swearing; a patina of unruliness has endeared the group to its followers.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of unruliness
Noun
  • Whether writing five decades ago or today, the genre’s most insightful commentators have always observed how punk fuses rebelliousness with commodification, capitalism with resistance.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
  • Marji’s rebelliousness, both admirable and terrifying for those who love her, is her salient characteristic.
    — Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Definition of rebelliousness
Noun
  • She was swiftly fired, with Trump accusing her of betrayal and insubordination.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In Fernández’s version, Antíkona’s insubordination inspires a peoples’ rebellion and brings an end to Klion’s rule due to his inability to treat citizens with common decency.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of insubordination
Noun
  • Frankie wanted to rid himself of rigidness.
    — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Aristidou utilizes Danae, whose controlling dad suffocates her with his seemingly overbearing rigidness, as a counterpoint to the other extreme of fatherhood.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Definition of rigidness
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“Immovability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immovability. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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