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tenaciousness

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te·na·cious  (t-nshs)
adj.
1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.
2. Holding together firmly; cohesive: a tenacious material.
3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive: tenacious lint.
4. Tending to retain; retentive: a tenacious memory.
[From Latin tenx, tenc-, holding fast, from tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
te·nacious·ly adv.
te·nacious·ness n.
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Noun1.tenaciousness - persistent determinationtenaciousness - persistent determination            
doggedness, perseverance, persistency, pertinacity, 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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