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pertinacity

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per·ti·nac·i·ty  (pûrtn-s-t)
n.
The quality or state of being pertinacious: "Again and again ... with the inexorable pertinacity of a child ... did he renew his efforts" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
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Noun1.pertinacitypertinacity - persistent determination            
doggedness, perseverance, persistency, tenaciousness, tenacity, persistence
determination, purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"


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True he had flung Hook's arm to the crocodile, but even this and the increased insecurity of life to which it led, owing to the crocodile's pertinacity [persistance], hardly account for a vindictiveness so relentless and malignant.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Though he could not help seeing how small his attainments were beside the American's, his British pertinacity, his wounded vanity (perhaps they are the same thing), would not allow him to give up the struggle.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The man's quiet pertinacity kindled a sort of indignation in her.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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