immobility
nounEtymology From Middle French immobilité, equivalent to immobile + -ity.
1
The quality of not moving.
- Common to all Regions were frozen points, which were troublesome not only because of immobility, but because failure to close prevented operation of detector circuits.1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 158:
- See how he still covers his face with his hands when he sees me and his immobility and fixed stare are often evident.2003, Alessandra Piontelli, From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study, page 87:
2
The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.
- Immobility is a big problem for many people who can't afford a car.
- Antonyms
- mobility
- Derived terms
- immobile, mobility, mobile, tonic immobility