Meaning of PERTINACITY
| Pronunciation: | | `pur'tnasitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] persistent determination |
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| | Synonyms: | | doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| | See Also: | | determination, purpose | |
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| | Definition: | | \Per`ti*nac"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pertinacit['e].]
The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy;
perseverance; persistency. --Macaulay.
Syn: See {Obstinacy}.
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| | Related Terms: | | application, assiduity, assiduousness, balkiness, bigotry, bulldog courage, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, concentration, constancy, demandingness, determination, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, dogmatism, endurance, engrossment, exigency, fanaticism, fidelity, fixed mind, fortitude, gameness, gaminess, grittiness, hardheadedness, hardihood, hardiness, headstrongness, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, inflexible will, insistence, insistency, intolerance, loyalty, mettlesomeness, mulishness, nerviness, obduracy, obstinacy, obstinateness, opinionatedness, overzealousness, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pigheadedness, plodding, pluckiness, plugging, preoccupation, pressingness, pressure, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, restiveness, sedulity, sedulousness, self-will, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, spunkiness, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stiff neck, stiff-neckedness, strongheadness, stubbornness, sulkiness, sullenness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, uncooperativeness, unregenerateness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, urgency, willfulness |
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