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IMMOVABILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does immovability mean?
• IMMOVABILITY (noun)
The noun IMMOVABILITY has 1 sense:
1. not capable of being moved or rearranged
Familiarity information: IMMOVABILITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not capable of being moved or rearranged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
immovability; immovableness
Hypernyms ("immovability" is a kind of...):
immobility (the quality of not moving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immovability"):
tautness; tightness (lack of movement or room for movement)
fastness; fixedness; fixity; fixture; secureness (the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment)
firmness; steadiness (the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place)
Antonym:
movability (the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged)
Derivation:
immovable (not able or intended to be moved)
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