immobility

/,imou'biliti/

Thân thiện

The patient's immobility required careful monitoring.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state or condition of not moving; the quality of being motionless: The word "immobility" refers to the absence of movement or the inability to move.
   • The state of remaining fixed in one place: It can also describe the condition of staying in the same location or position.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The patient's immobility after the surgery required constant care.
  • The immobility of the ancient statue gave it an aura of eternal calm.
  • Fear can cause a sudden immobility, a freezing in place.

Advanced Usage

• "Forced immobility": A state of being unable to move due to external constraints, such as injury or confinement.
  • The cast resulted in a period of forced immobility for his broken leg.
• "Economic immobility": (Figurative) A lack of movement or change in economic status or opportunity.
  • The study focused on the social factors contributing to economic immobility in the region.

Variants and Related Words

• Immobile (adj): Not moving; motionless.
  • The deer stood immobile, camouflaged against the trees.
• Immobilize (verb): To prevent something or someone from moving.
  • The doctor will immobilize the joint with a splint.

Synonyms

• Stillness: The absence of movement or sound.
• Motionlessness: The state of not being in motion.
• Fixity: The quality of being stable and unchanging.

Antonyms

• Mobility: The ability to move or be moved freely and easily.
• Movement: An act of changing physical location or position.

Related Phrases

• State of immobility: A formal phrase describing the condition of being immobile.
  • The animal entered a state of immobility when it sensed danger.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the quality of not moving
2. remaining in place

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stationariness
• fixedness