resilience

/ɹə.zɪl.ɪ.əns/

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Definition

Resilience is the ability to recover and bounce back from difficult situations, challenges, or setbacks. It is a quality that allows people to adapt and grow stronger when faced with adversity. This can include overcoming personal struggles, dealing with failures, or recovering from traumatic events. Resilience is often associated with emotional strength and the capacity to remain calm and optimistic in the face of hardship. It involves finding solutions, learning from experiences, and maintaining a positive outlook, even when things are tough.

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Brainstorm resilience

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"resilience" as noun

1 - The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

2 - The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

3 - The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium due to the consequences of a crisis or failure caused by any type of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).

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Synonyms

1 - adaptability

2 - fortitude

3 - tenacity

4 - endurance

5 - robustness

6 - stamina

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Antonyms

1 - break

2 - collapse