resistance to change

the measure of behavioral momentum. Ongoing behavior is challenged by operations intended to disrupt it. The greater the degree to which the behavior persists unperturbed, the greater its resistance to change and, by inference, the greater its behavioral momentum.

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May 8th 2024

axiom

n. in logic and philosophy, a universally accepted proposition that is not capable of proof or disproof. An axiom can be used as the starting point for a chain of deductive reasoning. Also called postulate. [from Greek axioma, “worthy thing”] —axiomatic adj.