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Type Words
Synonyms cogency, rigour, validity
Type of believability, credibleness, credibility
Derivation rigorous
Type Words
Synonyms hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
Type of sternness, strictness
Derivation rigorous


the rigors of boot camp.
Type Words
Synonyms asperity, grimness, hardship, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
Type of difficulty, difficultness
Has types sternness

Examples of rigor

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Students who are up for this kind of rigor should consider doing several things.
From the theatlantic.com
The files include random newspaper clippings of questionable journalistic rigor.
From the nytimes.com
Mead demanded perfection from Sheehy, rigor the writer now expects from herself.
From the sfgate.com
Content is king, but the price of liberty to create content is financial rigor.
From the businessweek.com
Unfortunately, the king had slipped into rigor mortis over the course of the day.
From the theatlantic.com
Student learning and performance have improved due to the increased course rigor.
From the dailyherald.com
Some critics have said that the projects dilute the rigor of the state standards.
From the washingtonpost.com
In addition, there is a formalist rigor and a deceptive complexity to his work.
From the denverpost.com
Develop and maintain rigor for project planning in support of product strategy.
From the jobview.monster.com
More examples
  • Asperity: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
  • Cogency: the quality of being valid and rigorous
  • Severity: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
  • Rigour or rigor (see spelling differences) has a number of meanings in relation to intellectual life and discourse. These are separate from public and political applications with their suggestion of laws enforced to the letter, or political absolutism. ...
  • Alternative spelling of rigour; an abbreviated form of rigor mortis
  • (Rigors) Muscle rigidity or stiffness
  • (rigors) Cold shivers that sometimes occur with a fever. They can be a symptom of an infected haemodialysis catheter.
  • Severe shaking chill.
  • Degree to which research methods are scrupulously and meticulously carried out in order to recognize important influences occurring in a experiment.