Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌbaʊnsbækəˈbɪlɪti/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˌbaʊnsˌbækəˈbɪlɪti/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
The ability to bounce back or recover from bad circumstances.
Usage- Informal
- often
- Uncountable
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More examples (1)
You are able to play the game and to take the wins and losses in your stride. When the losses become too numerous, you will have some "bounce-back" ability and will try again rather than give up or become discouraged.
[T]he best of today's furniture fillers, combining the bounce-back-ability of foam with the downy softness of fiber fill.
Mr. [Robert] Schuller, a believer in "bouncebackability," is a clone from the Norman Vincent Peale school of positive thinking.
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If Mr Dinkins can persuade the unions that it is in their interest to do a deal with a frank friend now rather than an enemy later, New York will again demonstrate its bouncebackability.
One of [Richard] Branson's enduring strengths is his ability to absorb punches, to take the rough with the smooth. He has bouncebackability – lots of it.
When Everton were knocked out of the League Cup last week, their manager Mo Marley said: "This will be a great test of the famous Everton bouncebackability."
I think about him everyday,^([sic]) wondering why he gave up, he had so much to live for, he just didn't have that bouncebackability!
Yet Newcastle drew on impressive reserves of bouncebackability – Tiote [i.e., Cheick Tioté] had his work cut out for him against Yaya Toure (whose snood seems to get a little bigger with every game), but it was the home side that threw most punches.
Bolton provide the model for bouncebackability. The Lancashire club fought their way to the Premier League in 1995 through the play-offs and in 1997 as Football League champions but on each occasion only lasted a season. A play-off win over Preston North End in 2001 earned a third crack at the Premier League and they have stayed there ever since.