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resilience en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈzɪl.i.əns/ (Canada, General-American)
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/ɹɪˈzɪl.jəns/ (Canada, General-American)
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/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ (Canada, General-American)
/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin saliō Latin resiliō English -ence English resilience From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + English -ence.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) 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. 2021, Lisa Miller, The Awakened Brain, Ch.2, at p.36
(countable, uncountable) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
(countable, uncountable) 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. 2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15:
(countable, qualifier:literal or figurative, uncountable) The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
resiliences	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (85)

fi toipumiskyky (mental ability) · it determinazione (ability of a system or company to recover) · fi resilienssi (mental ability) · es resiliencia (physical property of material) · tr rezilyans (physical property of material) · el επανατακτικότητα (physical property of material) · hu stressztűrés (physical property of material) · ru эласти́чность (physical property of material) · es elasticidad (physical property of material) · bg гъвкавост (physical property of material) · id daya pulih (mental ability) · gl resiliencia (ability of a system or company to recover) · de Belastbarkeit (mental ability) · fi resilienssi (ability of a system or company to recover) · tl manhid (mental ability) · de Widerstandsfähigkeit (mental ability) · af veerkragtigheid (physical property of material) · cmn 弹性 (mental ability) · pl odporność (mental ability) · de Resilienz (ability of a system or company to recover) · hu rugalmasság (physical property of material) · fr résilience (mental ability) · sv elasticitet (physical property of material) · nv tʼáá ałtsoní bichʼįʼ haʼahóní (mental ability) · ru ги́бкость (physical property of material) · it resilienza (physical property of material) · ro reziliență (physical property of material) · tr elastiklik (physical property of material) · pl odporność (ability of a system or company to recover) · hu stressztűrő képesség (mental ability) · no motstandsdyktighet (mental ability) · ca resiliència (mental ability) · ca resiliència (ability of a system or company to recover) · fi lannistumattomuus (mental ability) · fi toipumiskyky (ability of a system or company to recover) · ca resiliència (physical property of material) · es resiliencia (mental ability) · af veerkragtigheid (ability of a system or company to recover) · uk сті́йкість (ability of a system or company to recover) · hu ellenálló képesség (mental ability) · fi kimmoisuus (physical property of material) · nl veerkracht (physical property of material) · nl herstellingsvermogen (mental ability) · id daya bingkas (mental ability) · id resiliensi (mental ability) · pl sprężystość (physical property of material) · ar القدرة على التعافي بعد الصدمة (ability of a system or company to recover) · da modstandsdygtighed (mental ability) · hu terhelhetőség (ability of a system or company to recover) · it elasticità (physical property of material) · el επαναπροσαρμοστικότητα (physical property of material) · ru упру́гость (physical property of material) · vi tính chống chịu (ability of a system or company to recover) · it resilienza (mental ability) · af veerkragtigheid (mental ability) · fi elastisuus (physical property of material) · el ψυχολογική αντοχή (mental ability) · bg еластичност (physical property of material) · nl veerkracht (ability of a system or company to recover) · ko 탄성 (physical property of material) · nl veerkracht (mental ability) · gl resiliencia (physical property of material) · fi palautuvuus (physical property of material) · it tenacia (ability of a system or company to recover) · ru психологи́ческая усто́йчивость (mental ability) · cmn 韧性 (mental ability) · el ανακαμψιμότητα (ability of a system or company to recover) · ru запа́с про́чности (ability of a system or company to recover) · de Resilienz (mental ability) · de Elastizität (physical property of material) · de elastisches Verformungsarbeitsaufnahmevermögen (physical property of material) · tr çabuk iyileşme özelliği (mental ability) · th สภาพยืดหยุ่น (physical property of material) · pt resiliência (mental ability) · fi sitkeys (mental ability) · id daya lenting (physical property of material) · tr dayanıklılık (physical property of material) · tr elastikiyet (physical property of material) · el ελαστικότητα (physical property of material) · el ανθεκτικότητα (mental ability) · hu stressztűrés (ability of a system or company to recover) · fr résilience (physical property of material) · pt resiliência (physical property of material) · tr yaylanma (physical property of material) · ru усто́йчивость (ability of a system or company to recover)

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