#rigidity

• Absolutistic — A bookish, partially archaic, or neologistic adjectival variant (adapted from German or Anglo-Saxon models), synonymous with the term 'absolutist'. In moral philosophy and epistemology, the term qualifies an approach, doctrine, or mentality that tends to reduce the complexity of reality or ethical dilemmas to fixed, rigid, and unconditioned principles, refusing any empirical, historical, or cultural nuance.
• Absolutizing — Tending to absolutize; displaying the characteristics of a process of dogmatization, forced universalization, or the elimination of context and nuance. In critical analyses of manners and in epistemology, an absolutizant vision or method is penalized for its rigidity, as it refuses to recognize empirical variability or the complexity of particular moral cases.
• Acampsia — A clinical pathological state manifested by extreme muscle rigidity, total inflexibility, or the complete loss of mobility in a joint or limb, preventing any form of flexion. This severe condition is often the result of bony ankylosis, retractile fibrous scarring following major trauma, or advanced spastic neurological disorders, requiring intensive physiotherapy or corrective surgery.
• Anankastic — An alternative or neologic adjectival form for anankastic; pertaining to or characteristic of the obsessive-compulsive personality, or exhibiting rigid behavioral manifestations. In psychiatric semiology, it describes a cognitive style dominated by extreme perfectionism, excessive scrupulosity, inflexible attachment to rules and lists, as well as a structural inability to fluidly adapt to unforeseen changes in the social or professional environment.