rigor

rig·or

 (rĭg′ər)

n.

1.

a. Strictness or severity, as in action or judgment: "The desert fostered a closed world of faith and rigor and harsh judgment: almost every decision here could have lethal consequences" (Jeffrey Tayler).

b. A harsh or trying circumstance; a hardship or difficulty: the rigors of working in a coal mine. See Synonyms at difficulty.

c. Archaic A harsh or severe act.

2.

a. Strictness in adhering to standards or a method; exactitude: "To study the brain with scientific rigor, behaviorists logically restricted their experiments to ones in which the brain was the source of measurable effects" (Robert Pollack).

b. A standard or exacting requirement, as of a field of study: the intellectual rigors of advanced mathematics.

3. Medicine Shivering or trembling, as caused by a chill.

4. Physiology A state of rigidity in living tissues or organs that prevents response to stimuli.

5. Obsolete Stiffness or rigidity.

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[Middle English rigour, from Old French, from Latin rigor, from rigēre, to be stiff; see reig- in Indo-European roots.]

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rigor

(ˈraɪɡɔː; ˈrɪɡə)

n

1. (Medicine) med a sudden feeling of chilliness, often accompanied by shivering: it sometimes precedes a fever

2. (Pathology) pathol rigidity of a muscle; muscular cramp

3. (Zoology) a state of rigidity assumed by some animals in reaction to sudden shock

4. (Botany) the inertia assumed by some plants in conditions unfavourable to growth

[see rigour]

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rig•or

(ˈrɪg ər)

n.

1. the quality of being strict; inflexibility.

2. harshness of judgment or attitude; sternness.

3. hardship of living conditions; austerity: the rigor of wartime existence.

4. a severe or harsh act or circumstance.

5. scrupulous accuracy; precision.

6. severity of weather or climate.

7. a sudden coldness, as that preceding certain fevers; chill.

8. muscular rigidity.

Also, esp. Brit., rig′our.

[1350–1400; Middle English rigour < Latin rigor stiffness =rig(ēre) to be stiff + -or -or¹]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rigor - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" asperity, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, rigour, grimness, hardship difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
	2.	rigor - the quality of being valid and rigorous rigour, validity, cogency believability, credibility, credibleness - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
	3.	rigor - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" inclemency, rigorousness, rigourousness, rigour, harshness, severeness, severity, stiffness, hardness sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution

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rigor

noun

1. The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing:

austerity, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness.

2. Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome:

asperity, difficulty, hardship, vicissitude (often used in plural).

Idioms: a hard nut to crack, a hard row to hoe, heavy sledding.

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Translations

austéritérigueur

amer. per rigourrigore

rigour

(American) rigor (ˈrigə) noun

1. strictness; harshness. strengheid صَرامَه، قَسْوَه строгост rigor strohost, drsnost die Strenge strenghed αυστηρότητα, σκληρότηταrigor rangus خشونت ankaruus rigueurקפדנות कडा़ई strogost, nepopustljivost szigorúság keketatan harka, strangleiki rigore, severità きびしさ 엄함, 가혹함 griežtumas stingrība; bardzība ketegaran striktheidstrenghet, barskhetsurowość خشونت rigor ri­gi­­ditate, severitate строгость strohosť, drsnosť strogost krutost stränghet, hårdhet ความเข้มงวด sertlik, katılık 嚴格，嚴厲 суворість; жорстокість کرختگی tính nghiêm khắc 严格，性严厉

2. (also ˈrigours noun plural) (of weather etc) the state of being very bad or unpleasant, or the hardship caused by this. the rigour(s) of life in the Arctic Circle. strawwe lewenstyl صَلابَه، قَسْوَه، شِدَّه тежки условия dureza drsnost die Strenge streng; hård κακουχίαrigor karmus سختی؛ گرمای شدید یا سرمای شدید ankaruus rigueur קְשָיִים कठिनाई jaka studen zordság kekerasan harka, harðindi difficoltà, durezza きびしさ 고됨, 어려움 atšiaurumas, sunkumas bargi apstākļi; grūtības keperitan hidup barheidbarskhet, hardhettrud سختی، سخته ګرمی یا سخته یخنی dureza greutăţi суровость drsnosť neizprosnost oštrina stränghet, bisterhet สภาพอากาศที่รุนแรง şiddet, sertlik 嚴酷，艱苦 суворість سخت گیر khắc nghiệt 严酷，艰苦

ˈrigorous adjective

1. strict. a rigorous training. streng صارِم، قاسٍ строг rigoroso tvrdý streng hård αυστηρός, τραχύςriguroso range سخت گیر؛ دقیق ankara rigoureuxקשה कठिन, कष्टदायी precizan szigorú ketat strangur rigoroso きびしい 엄격한 griežtas stingrs; neatlaidīgs ketat strenghard, tøffsurowy سخت ګیر، دقیق rigoroso dur; riguros строгий tvrdý strog strog rigorös, sträng, hård อย่างเข้มงวด katı, sert 嚴格的 суворий سخت nghiêm khắc 严格的

2. harsh; unpleasant. a rigorous climate. straf قارِس، شَديد، غَيْر مُريح суров rigoroso drsný rauh hård δριμύςriguroso karm شدید؛ بسیار گرم یا سرد ankara rigoureuxקשה परिशुद्ध, यथातथ्य oštar (zima) zord keras harður, óblíður rigido きびしい 혹독한 atšiaurus, sunkus bargs perit barstreng, barskciężki, surowy شدید، ډیرګرم یا یخ rigoroso aspru суровый drsný oster oštar sträng, hård อย่างรุนแรง sert 嚴酷的 суворий شدید khắc nghiệt 严酷的

ˈrigorously adverb

streng بِشِدَّه، بِقَسْوَه строго rigorosamente tvrdě streng hårdt αυστηρά, σκληράrigurosamente rangelt با شدت؛ با دقت ankarasti rigoureusement בְּקַפְּדָנוּת कड़ाई से, दुखद ढंग से rigorozno, nepopustljivo (túlságosan) szigorúan, zordan dengan keras stranglega rigorosamente きびしく 엄격히, 혹독하게 griežtai stingri; neatlaidīgi dengan ketat strengstrengt, barskt surowo له شدت سره ، په ځیر rigorosamente (în mod) riguros строго; сурово tvrdo strogo oštro rigoröst อย่างเข้มงวด sert bir şekilde, şiddetle 嚴格地 суворо سخت گیرانہ một cách khắc nghiệt; nghiêm khắc 严格地

ˈrigorousness noun

strengheid شِدَّه، قَسْوَه، صَرامَه строгост rigor tvrdost, přísnost die Strenge strenghed; hårdhed αυστηρότητα, σκληρότητα, δριμύτηταrigor rangus شدت؛ سختگیری ankaruus rigueurקפדנות परिशुद्धता krutost, nepopustljivost szigorúság, zordság kekerasan strangleiki, harka rigorosità きびしさ 엄격함, 혹독함 griežtumas stingrība; bardzība keperitan strengheidstrenghet, barskhetsurowość سختګیری، شدت rigor rigoare строгость; суровость tvrdosť, prísnosť strogost oštrina stränghet, hårdhet ความเข้มงวด sertlik, şiddet 嚴厲 суворість سخت گیری sự khắc nghiệt; nghiêm khắc 严厉性

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