Pertinacity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pertinacity \Per`ti*nac"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pertinacit['e].]
     The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy;
     perseverance; persistency. --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: See {Obstinacy}.


          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pertinacity
       n : persistent determination [syn: {doggedness}, {perseverance},
            {persistence}, {persistency}, {tenacity}, {tenaciousness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "pertinacity":
     application, assiduity, assiduousness, balkiness, bigotry,
     bulldog courage, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, concentration,
     constancy, demandingness, determination, diligence,
     dogged perseverance, doggedness, dogmatism, endurance, engrossment,
     exigency, fanaticism, fidelity, fixed mind, fortitude, gameness,
     gaminess, grittiness, hardheadedness, hardihood, hardiness,
     headstrongness, importunacy, importunateness, importunity,
     indefatigability, industriousness, industry, inflexible will,
     insistence, insistency, intolerance, loyalty, mettlesomeness,
     mulishness, nerviness, obduracy, obstinacy, obstinateness,
     opinionatedness, overzealousness, patience, patience of Job,
     permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency,
     pertinaciousness, pigheadedness, plodding, pluckiness, plugging,
     preoccupation, pressingness, pressure, relentlessness,
     resoluteness, resolution, restiveness, sedulity, sedulousness,
     self-will, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging,
     spunkiness, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness,
     steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stiff neck, stiff-neckedness,
     strongheadness, stubbornness, sulkiness, sullenness, tenaciousness,
     tenacity, tirelessness, uncooperativeness, unregenerateness,
     unremittingness, unswerving attention, urgency, willfulness