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Pertinacity

Pertinacity Meaning & Definition
Pertinacity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pertinacity?

[n] persistent determination

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pertinacity: doggedness | perseverance | persistence | persistency | tenaciousness | tenacity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pertinacity: 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

See Also | determination | purpose

Pertinacity In Webster's Dictionary

\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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