resilience

Language: en

🇺🇸 /rɪˈzɪliːəns/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, setbacks, or adversity; mental or emotional toughness.; The ability of a material or substance to return to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity.; The ability of a system, organization, or ecosystem to withstand or recover from external shocks or disturbances.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

build resilienceshow resiliencedemonstrate resilienceemotional resilienceclimate resilienceresilience to stresspsychological resilience

Derivatives

resilientresilientlyresiliency

Synonyms

toughnesshardinessadaptabilityfortitudebuoyancyflexibility

Antonyms

fragilityvulnerabilityweakness

Commonly confused

resiliency
EN: 'Resiliency' is a less common variant of 'resilience' with the same meaning; 'resilience' is the preferred form in most style guides.
resistance
EN: 'Resistance' implies opposing or withstanding a force, while 'resilience' implies the ability to recover and bounce back after adversity.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'resilience' has a single 'l' (not 'resillience') and ends in '-ence' (not '-ance').

💬 Examples

  1. Her resilience after losing her job inspired everyone around her.

  2. The resilience of rubber makes it ideal for manufacturing tires.

  3. Urban planners are focusing on the resilience of infrastructure against climate change.