resilience
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or stress
Examples
In a meeting
“Building resilience among our team members is key to managing workplace stress.”
Over coffee
“Her resilience after that health setback has been really inspiring.”
Why this word
toughness
resilience emphasizes ability to recover and adapt after adversity, toughness suggests resistance to damage
strength
resilience focuses on bouncing back from difficulty, strength is about power or force
endurance
resilience implies recovery and flexibility under stress, endurance means lasting through prolonged hardship
Usage tip
Popular in wellness and mental health discussions. Emphasizes recovery capacity rather than just endurance.
Etymology
Latin: resilire (to leap back, rebound)
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