rugged individualism
— Noun
– English
～ individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition
rugged
— Adjective
– English
～ very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
rugged
— Adjective
– English
～ topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
rugged
— Adjective
– English
～ sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
rugged
— Adjective
– English
～ having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"
ruggedisation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse)
ruggedise
— Verb
– English
～ produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage; "Detroit ruggedized the family car"
ruggedness
— Noun
– English
～ the property of being big and strong
ruggedness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being topologically uneven; "the ruggedness of the mountains"
ruggedness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
ruggelach
— Noun
– English
～ pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)