immobility
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French immobilité, equivalent to immobile + -ity.
Noun
[edit]immobility (countable and uncountable, plural immobilities)
- The quality of not moving.
- 1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 158:
- Common to all Regions were frozen points, which were troublesome not only because of immobility, but because failure to close prevented operation of detector circuits.
- 2003, Alessandra Piontelli, From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study, page 87:
- See how he still covers his face with his hands when he sees me and his immobility and fixed stare are often evident.
- The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.
- Synonym: unmovability
- Immobility is a big problem for many people who can't afford a car.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the quality of not moving
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the state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved
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