pertinacity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tenacity resolve persistence perseverance persistency doggedness stubbornness tenaciousness pertinaciousness fortitude resolution determination endurance patience pluck

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Antonyms

practicability fear disorder doubt flexibility instability

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Hypernyms

purpose determination

Anagrams

antipyretic

Examples

My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a glance through the telescope? What shall we make of this? Shall we laugh, or shall we cry? Galileo Galilei

My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a glance through the telescope? Galileo Galilei

A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences. Many, many peoples with less pertinacity have been wiped out of national existence. William Tecumseh Sherman

A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences. Many, many peoples with less pertinacity have been wiped out of national existence. Mike Jones

Close letter words and terms

pertinacious pertinaciously pertinaciousness pertinacy pertinant pertinate