rigorousness
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rig·or·ous
(rĭg′ər-əs)adj.
1. Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough: a rigorous study of the medication; a rigorous researcher.
2.
a. Harsh, severe, or demanding: a rigorous taskmaster; a rigorous schedule.
b. Very unpleasant or inclement: a rigorous climate.
3. Adhering strictly to a belief or ideology; uncompromising or inflexible: a rigorous Catholic; a rigorous sense of correctness.
rig′or·ous·ly adv.
rig′or·ous·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | rigorousness - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable" |
2. | rigorousness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution |
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rigorousness
nounThe fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing:
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Translations
شِدَّه، قَسْوَه، صَرامَه
přísnosttvrdost
hårdhedstrenghed
strangleiki, harka
sertlikşiddet
rigour
(American) rigor (ˈrigə) noun1. strictness; harshness.
2. (also ˈrigours noun plural) (of weather etc) the state of being very bad or unpleasant, or the hardship caused by this. the rigour(s) of life in the Arctic Circle.
ˈrigorous adjective1. strict. a rigorous training.
2. harsh; unpleasant. a rigorous climate.
ˈrigorously adverbˈrigorousness noun
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