hardiness

hardiness
Synonyms and related words:
assurance, audacity, brashness, bulldog courage, cohesiveness, decisiveness, durability, endurance, energy, force, fortitude, gameness, gaminess, grittiness, guts, gutsiness, haleness, hardihood, hardness, heartiness, infrangibility, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, leatherlikeness, longevity, lustihood, lustiness, mettlesomeness, might, mightiness, nerve, nerviness, obstinacy, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pluckiness, potency, power, powerfulness, resistance, resoluteness, resolution, robustness, ropiness, ruggedness, spunkiness, stalwartness, stamina, staying power, sticking power, stiffness, stoutness, strength, strength of will, stringiness, stubbornness, sturdiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, toughness, unbreakability, unbreakableness, vigor, vigorousness, viscidity, vitality

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  • Hardiness — (engl. = Widerstandsfähigkeit ) bezeichnet einen Persönlichkeitsfaktor, der Menschen trotz großer Belastungen und kritischer Lebensereignisse vor Krankheit zu schützen vermag. Dabei steht der individuelle Umgang mit Stressoren im Vordergrund. Der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hardiness — Har di*ness ( d[i^]*n[e^]s), n. 1. Capability of endurance. [1913 Webster] 2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of hardiness is mother. Shak. [1913 Webster] They who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hardiness — may refer to: *psychological resilience, positive capacity of people to cope with stress and catastrophe. *hardiness (plants), ability of plants to survive adverse growing conditions. **hardiness zone, area in which a category of plants is… …   Wikipedia

  • hardiness — index force (strength), health, prowess (bravery), strength Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hardiness — [här′dē nis] n. the quality of being hardy; specif., a) physical endurance; strength b) hardihood; boldness …   English World dictionary

  • hardiness — noun in New England, you should select plants for their hardiness Syn: robustness, strength, toughness, ruggedness, sturdiness, resilience, stamina, vigor; healthiness, good health Ant: frailty …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • hardiness — hardy ► ADJECTIVE (hardier, hardiest) 1) capable of enduring difficult conditions; robust. 2) (of a plant) able to survive outside during winter. DERIVATIVES hardily adverb hardiness noun. ORIGIN Old French hardi, from hardir …   English terms dictionary

  • hardiness — noun 1. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution • Syn: ↑robustness, ↑lustiness, ↑validity • Derivationally related forms: ↑lusty (for: ↑lustiness), ↑hardy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hardiness (plants) — Hardiness of plants describe their ability to survive adverse growing conditions. It is usually limited to discussions of climatic adversity. Thus a plant s ability to tolerate cold, heat, drought, flooding, or wind are typically considered… …   Wikipedia

  • Hardiness Zone Migration — refers to the geographical shifts observed in agricultural hardiness zones as a result of climate change …   Wikipedia

  • Hardiness zone — The main factors determining average minimum temperature are altitude, latitude and proximity to the coast.A hardiness zone is a geographically defined zone in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by… …   Wikipedia

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