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IMMOBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of not moving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("immobility" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immobility"):
immotility (lacking an ability to move)
inertness (immobility by virtue of being inert)
immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)
Antonym:
mobility (the quality of moving freely)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remaining in place
Synonyms:
fixedness; immobility; stationariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("immobility" is a kind of...):
lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness (a state of no motion or movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immobility"):
rootage (fixedness by or as if by roots)
Derivation:
immobile (securely fixed in place)
