resilience

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to recover quickly from difficulty or change.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

Examples

  • New Yorkers are known for their resilience.

  • One sees the resilience of a person in a crisis situation.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ɹɪˈzɪl.i.əns/
  • /ɹɪˈzɪl.jəns/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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, arc...

  2. The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

  3. 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).

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In context

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + English -ence.