resilience

resilient | American Dictionary

resilient
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/rɪˈzɪl·jənt/
able to improve quickly after being hurt or being ill:
Life is hard there, but the people are resilient.

resilience

noun[ U ]us/rɪˈzɪl·jəns/(alsoresiliency, us/rɪˈzɪl·jən·si/)

resilient | Business English

resilient
adjective
uk /rɪˈzɪliənt/ us /rɪˈzɪljənt/
able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems:
The US economy remains amazingly resilient.
resilient to sthThe portfolio is designed to be resilient to stock market troubles.

Examples of resilient

resilient
If the hammer were still threatening it into destruction, it would bounce back on this plastic and resilient network.
Similarly, there are multiple pathways to resilient outcomes and aspects of cultural influences can contribute to some high-risk individuals doing well despite their adverse situations.
That older people are resilient, adaptable and active agents in achieving a ' good life ' is clearly demonstrated.
But it also protested against a resilient employer that failed to respond to long-standing grievances and loss of dignity.
Some welfare state programmes are more popular, or otherwise more resilient to retrenchment, than others.
In summary, we have shown that structurally, cones are more resilient to aging irrespective of ocular pigmentation.
Additionally, we are interested in whether maltreated and nonmaltreated children will differ in their resilient self-strivings and in their developmental pathways to competent functioning.
This allows for the operation of a stable and resilient system, one that can adaptively change in response to environmental perturbations yet retain continuity.
Yet in musical theatre it is without doubt the strongest and most resilient dimension.
Their adaptations have made them robust and resilient to natural disturbances and harsh climatic conditions.
He held that individuals with flexible, resilient and self-aware personalities were most likely to benefit from reviewing their past through reminiscence.
Resilient self-esteem over a 10-year period was associated with reference to inner self-beliefs and values and particularly to personal relationships outside the family.
It is then proposed that spiritual beliefs may offer a broader view of physical illness, suffering and death, or a more resilient self-esteem.
Disciplined, resilient, intellectual, proud, contemptuous of others, immune to criticism from the outside, they are literally fashioned for survival.
This makes governments responsive to stresses and shock and hence more resilient, which also enhances the potential for gradual rather than catastrophic change.
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