Both Uses of
inertia
in
Main Street
- She could not determine whether she was checked by fear or him, or by inertia—by dislike of the emotional labor of the "scenes" which would be involved in asserting independence.†
Chpt 16 *
- Before that time, she knew, a hundred generations of Carols will aspire and go down in tragedy devoid of palls and solemn chanting, the humdrum inevitable tragedy of struggle against inertia.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(inertia) a tendency to continue in the same manner -- such as sit still and do nothing or continue moving in a particular direction