pertinacity

Meaning

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Synonyms

stubbornness
20k
obstinacy
40k
persistence
22k
tenacity
24k
doggedness
perseverance
21k
tenaciousness
persistency
insistence
26k
pertinaciousness

insisting upon

intentness
obduracy
push
A2
resolution
C1
resolve
C1
single-mindedness
willfulness
Translations

pertinacia
pertinacia
obstination
fermezza
ténacité

επιμονή

inatçılık
entêtement
sebat
azim
Hartnäckigkeit
persistance
persévérance
persistència
opiniâtreté
Etymology

From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).

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