bouncebackability

You are able to play the game and to take the wins and losses in your stride. When the losses become too numerous, you will have some "bounce-back" ability and will try again rather than give up or become discouraged.

[1962, Luella Josephine Morison, Mary Agnes Farris, Approaches for Co-workers in Professional Nursing, St. Louis, Mo.: C. V. Mosby Company, →OCLC, page 52, column 2

Mr. [Robert] Schuller, a believer in "bouncebackability," is a clone from the Norman Vincent Peale school of positive thinking.

1982, Edmund Fawcett, Tony Thomas, The American Condition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 419

If Mr Dinkins can persuade the unions that it is in their interest to do a deal with a frank friend now rather than an enemy later, New York will again demonstrate its bouncebackability.

1991 October 5, The Economist, volume 321, London: Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 2

One of [Richard] Branson's enduring strengths is his ability to absorb punches, to take the rough with the smooth. He has bouncebackability – lots of it.

2002, Des Dearlove, Business the Richard Branson Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Greatest Brand Builder (Big Shots), 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Capstone Publishing, →ISBN, page ix; 3rd edition, Chichester, West Sussex: Capstone Publishing, 2007, →ISBN, page xv

When Everton were knocked out of the League Cup last week, their manager Mo Marley said: "This will be a great test of the famous Everton bouncebackability."

2004 October 18, Paula Cocozza, “Everton’s ‘bouncebackability’ falls short”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2014