Meaning of CONSTANCY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kânstunsee
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- [n] the quality of being free from change or variation
- [n] faithfulness in personal attachment (especially sexual fidelity)
- [n] the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
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| | Synonyms: | | stability |
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| | Antonyms: | | changefulness, inconstancy | | |
| | See Also: | | brightness constancy, changelessness, color constancy, colour constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, perception, shape constancy, size constancy, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con"stan*cy\, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance.
See {Constant}.]
1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast;
freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability;
as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution;
especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness
in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability;
fidelity.
A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak.
Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott.
Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence;
steadfastness; resolution. See {Firmness}.
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