FRAGILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fragility mean? 

• FRAGILITY (noun)
  The noun FRAGILITY has 2 senses:

1. quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

2. lack of physical strength

  Familiarity information: FRAGILITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRAGILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

breakability; fragility; frangibility; frangibleness

Hypernyms ("fragility" is a kind of...):

vulnerability (susceptibility to injury or attack)

Derivation:

fragile (easily broken or damaged or destroyed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lack of physical strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

delicacy; fragility

Hypernyms ("fragility" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the formation of blisters and increased fragility of the skin.

(Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested at birth and is characterized by generalized erythema, skin blisters and skin fragility.

(Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by skin fragility and the formation of blisters.

(Epidermolysis bullosa, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome are hyperextensible skin and joints, skin fragility and reduced wound healing capability.

(Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is associated with fragility of the free margins of the nails.

(Darier Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

She was like a bit of Dresden china, and I was continually impressed with what I may call her fragility.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)