1. persisting - Noun
2. persisting - Adjective
3. persisting - Verb
5. persisting - Adjective Satellite
of Persist
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMost often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves. André Gide
Do mortal fools still measure the increments leading to their deaths, wagering pleasures against costs, persisting in the delusion that deeds have value, that the world and all the gods sit in judgment over every decision made or not made? Steven Erikson
I was a frustrated schoolteacher, persisting against overwhelming evidence to the contrary in the belief that the human mind could be moved by facts and reason. Dean Acheson
[T]he traditional idea of divine perfection or infinity is hopelessly unclear or ambiguous and that persisting in that tradition is bound to cause increasing skepticism, confusion, and human suffering. It has long bred, and must evermore breed, atheism as a natural reaction. Charles Hartshorne
The reasons for persisting in Being seem less and less well founded, and our successors will find it easier than we to be rid of such obstinacy. Emil Cioran
Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity. Spanish Proverb