resilience
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resilience
- /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ UK
- /ɹɪˈzɪl.jəns/ Canada, US
- /ɹɪˈzɪl.i.əns/ Canada, US
- /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ Canada, US
- /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ Australia
noun resiliences
- The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune. Martin Seligman's impressive body of research showed that a pessimistic explanatory style carves a path to depression, while an optimistic explanatory style leads to resilience.
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The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
Similar: give
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The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
Network Rail previously said it is determined to build upon the "significant changes" it has made since the accident, which have "helped us to manage the risk of severe weather to the network". It has invested millions to improve the resilience of the railway.
Opposite: fragility, brittleness
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The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.
Opposite: fragility, brittleness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: resiliency, irrepressibility, buoyancy, solidity, capability, responsiveness, capacity, ability, adaptability, adaptive, adaptation, suitability, force, determination, firmness, soundness
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noun mental ability
| Español | resiliencia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 弹性 tánxìng, 韧性 rènxìng |
| Português | resiliência |
| Français | résilience |
| Deutsch | Resilienz, Belastbarkeit, Widerstandsfähigkeit |
| Italiano | resilienza |
| Ελληνικά | ψυχολογική αντοχή psychologikí antochí, ανθεκτικότητα anthektikótita |
| Русский | психологи́ческая усто́йчивость psixologíčeskaja ustójčivostʹ |
noun ability of a system or company to recover
| Deutsch | Resilienz |
|---|---|
| Italiano | determinazione, tenacia |
| Ελληνικά | ανακαμψιμότητα anakampsimótita |
| Русский | усто́йчивость ustójčivostʹ, запа́с про́чности zapás próčnosti |
| Tiếng Việt | tính chống chịu |
| العربية | القدرة على التعافي بعد الصدمة |
noun physical property of material
| Español | resiliencia, elasticidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄성 tanseong |
| Português | resiliência |
| Français | résilience |
| Deutsch | Elastizität, elastisches Verformungsarbeitsaufnahmevermögen |
| Italiano | resilienza, elasticità |
| Ελληνικά | επανατακτικότητα epanataktikótita, επαναπροσαρμοστικότητα epanaprosarmostikótita, ελαστικότητα elastikótita |
| Română | reziliență |
| Русский | упру́гость uprúgostʹ, ги́бкость gíbkostʹ, эласти́чность elastíčnostʹ |
Talk about this word "resilience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/resilience. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. resilience. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/resilience "resilience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/resilience.Cite this
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title = {resilience},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resilience},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
