English > sternness: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute| Meaning | uncompromising resolution. |
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| Synonym | strictness |
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| Narrower | Puritanism | strictness and austerity in conduct and religion |
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| severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness | excessive sternness |
| Broader | unpermissiveness, restrictiveness | A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits |
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| Spanish | austeridad, reciedumbre, rigurosidad, severidad |
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| Catalan | austeritat, rigidesa, severitat |
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| Adjectives | stern | severe and unremitting in making demands |
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| stern | not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty |
