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Antonyms for ruggedness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruhg-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌg ɪd

Definition of ruggedness

Origin :
  • c.1300, "rough, shaggy, careworn" (originally of animals), from Old Norse rogg "shaggy tuft" (see rug). "The precise relationship to ragged is not quite clear, but the stem is no doubt ultimately the same" [OED]. Meaning "vigorous, strong, robust" is American English, by 1848.
  • We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines -- doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. [Herbert Hoover, speech in New York, Oct. 22, 1928]
  • Hoover said the phrase was not his own, and it is attested from 1897, though not in a patriotic context. Related: Ruggedly; ruggedness.
  • As in virility : noun masculinity
Example sentences :
  • There is no ruggedness in the meter, no violence in the stream of images.
  • Extract from : « Life Immovable » by Kostes Palamas
  • Sometimes we like ruggedness, and again we like things made easy.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Luther also was thought by some to be a mere compound of violence and ruggedness.
  • Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
  • You might cite the ruggedness of oaks and the grimness of crags as masculine.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 » by Elizabeth Bisland
  • Nothing can convey an idea of the grandeur and ruggedness of the mountains.
  • Extract from : « Mount Rainier » by Various
  • This at length he effected, for the ruggedness of the wall afforded him a footing.
  • Extract from : « A Sicilian Romance » by Ann Radcliffe
  • On the contrary there is a ruggedness in his manner that jars upon the sense.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
  • We cannot but be struck with the ruggedness of the womens compliment.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel » by W. G. Blaikie
  • They had now come to the mountains in all their wildness and ruggedness.
  • Extract from : « The Red Miriok » by Anna M. Barnes
  • A great horror of the vastness and ruggedness came upon her.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber

Synonyms for ruggedness

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