Pertinacity

Quick meaning: Pertinacity is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Meaning

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Example Sentences

Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.

1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.

Word Forms

• pertinacities

Synonyms for pertinacity

Depending on context, synonyms include pertinaciousness, resolve, stubbornness, tenacity, doggedness, tenaciousness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doggedness, tenacity, tenaciousness, persistence, persistency, perseverence.

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