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 +"[[Morality|Right]] is only in question between [[Equality|equal]]s in [[power]], while the [[strength|strong]] do what they can and the [[weak]] [[suffering|suffer]] what they must." -- [[Thucydides]]
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-'''Strong''' is a generic [[adjective]] pertaining to [[strength]]. It is the [[opposite]] of '''[[weak]]'''. Its comparative form is '''[[stronger]]''', and the superlative is '''strongest'''. +'''Strength''' is the [[opposite]] of '''[[weakness]]'''.
 +== Physical strength ==
 +*[[Physical strength]], as in people or animals
 +*[[Hysterical strength|Superhuman strength]], great physical strength far above human capability
 +*A common [[attribute (role-playing games)|character attribute]] in role-playing games
 +== As an abstract or psychological trait ==
 +*Character Strengths like those listed in the [[Values in Action Inventory of Strengths|Values in Action Inventory]]
 +*[[Virtue]] and moral uprightness
 +*[[Courage]] or fortitude in the face of moral, physical, emotional, or social adversity
 +*[[persuasion|Persuasiveness]] of an argument
 +*The exercise of [[Self-control|willpower]]
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 +== Politics and statecraft ==
 +*Party strengths, see [[political party]]
 +*[[Military]] strength
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 +== Physics ==
 +*Strength, ability to withstand an applied stress without failure
 +**[[Compressive strength]], capacity to withstand axially directed pushing forces
 +**[[Tensile strength]], maximum stress while being stretched or pulled before necking
 +**[[Shear strength]], the ability to withstand shearing
 +*[[Strength of materials]]
 +*[[Strength (explosive)]], the ability of an explosive to move surrounding material
 +*[[Field strength]], the magnitude of a field's vector
 +**[[Signal strength]], the magnitude of an electric field at a reference point
== See also == == See also ==
*[[Strong man]] *[[Strong man]]
*[[Strong and independent women]] *[[Strong and independent women]]
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