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/pəˈsɪst(ə)nsi/ · noun
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being persistent..
By this hand thou, thinkeſt me as farre in the diuels booke, as thou and Falſtaffe, for obduracie and perſiſtancie, let the end trie the man, [...]
On entering her room he had been struck by the absence of that saucy independence usually apparent in her bearing towards him, notwithstanding the persistency with which he had hovered near her for the previous month.
However that may be, the hostility of the comic writers had evidently a general hostility behind it. Our tradition states this definitely and the persistency of the attacks proves it.
"I'm not into mood changes," he says. "These ups and downs undermine consistency and persistency of purpose."
The table shows that three-year "persistencies" range from 89.6 per cent with Standard Life (this means only 10 per cent of plans have lapsed after three years) to 58.9 per cent with Sun Life (almost 40 per cent of plans lapse after three years).
Use persistency when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Persistency means (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being persistent..
Common synonyms include persistence, tenacity, doggedness, tenaciousness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
By this hand thou, thinkeſt me as farre in the diuels booke, as thou and Falſtaffe, for obduracie and perſiſtancie, let the end trie the man, [...]
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