Sentences with word «flaccidity»

When the secular intelligentsia falls prey to the same kind of credulity and intellectual flaccidity more frequently associated with the ecclesiastical community, the intelligentsia and its media arm pause for a minute, then move on.

Moreover, combined beta - endorphin and haloperidol treatment produced flaccidity in most animals.

It is important to note that there are other causes of odd tail movement, reluctance to wag the tail, or tail flaccidity.

He contrasts the «harder,» «shatterproof» diamond of true Catholicism to the «flaccidity» and «softness» of his opponents.

The sin of sloth resides in a flaccidity of will and desire.

Massage Therapy is delivered to improve the flow of blood and lymph (fluid in lymph glands, part of immune system), to reduce muscular tension or flaccidity, to affect the nervous system through stimulation or sedation, and to enhance tissue healing.

While we've long been fans of the way Volkswagen's twin - clutch gearboxes exchange cogs, there's a flaccidity engineered into this one better suited to around - town putting than hearty country jaunts, leaving you to fiddle with the console - mounted shifter in the absence of paddles.

Anticipating her later art — such as the well - known La Fillette (1968), a more literal representation of phallus, testicles, and labia — Labyrinthine Tower subverts the traditional concept of sculpture as erect form: it remains unclear whether its spiraling segments are rising toward full extension or sinking into flaccidity.

These tactile pieces speak of craft - based methods of construction such as weaving, folding and sewing, through which states of rigidity and flaccidity are alluded to in various forms.