Unbeugsamkeit

unbending firmness

noun OON-boyk-zahm-kyt Rare

Also means

inflexibility

Usage Note

Unbeugsamkeit describes an unbending, unyielding will, from beugen (to bend). It usually praises moral steadfastness; the adjective unbeugsam often modifies Wille. Rarely pluralised.

Examples

"Ihre Unbeugsamkeit machte sie zur Symbolfigur des Widerstands."

Natural Translation

Her unbending firmness made her a symbol of the resistance.

Literal Translation

Her unbending-firmness made her to-the symbol-figure of-the resistance.

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