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ADAPTATION Antonyms

There are 5 antonyms of the word adaptation. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For ADAPTATION

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inflexibility
nounn
noun

• a lack of physical flexibility

• the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

maladjustment
nounn
noun

• the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

nonconformity
nounn
noun

• lack of harmony or correspondence

• a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

• unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values

• failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior

resistance
nounn
noun

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

• the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

• group action in opposition to those in power

maladaptation
nounn
noun

• The state of being poorly adapted to an environment

Alternatives for INFLEXIBILITY

Alternatives for MALADJUSTMENT

Alternatives for NONCONFORMITY

Alternatives for RESISTANCE

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