resiliency
pronunciation
How to pronounce resiliency in British English:
UK [rɪ'zɪlɪənsɪ]
How to pronounce resiliency in American English:
US [rɪ'zɪlɪrnsɪ]
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- Noun:
- an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
Word Origin
- resiliency (n.)
- 1660s, "tendency to rebound;" see resilience + -cy. Meaning "power of recovery" is from 1857.
Example
- 1. These , he said , had " strengthened the efficiency and resiliency of the overall financial system . "
- 2. The importance of resiliency is a topic for a whole other article , but it 's worth mentioning here .
- 3. Here tsai helps to explain the otherwise puzzling resiliency of china 's communist regime in an era marked by the sudden disappearance of leninist regimes elsewhere .
- 4. Strategies to manage external stressors include lifestyle factors such as eating a healthy diet , being physically active and getting enough sleep - which help boost your resiliency .
- 5. In sum , rather than focus solely on numbers , we should concentrate our efforts as well on al-qaeda 's resiliency and capacity for strategic change and how we can best eliminate once and for all the threat that it still poses .