rigidity

  1. Noun.  The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
  2. Noun.  Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
  3. Noun.  In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

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