'Pertinacity' definitions:
Definition of 'pertinacity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
Definition of 'Pertinacity'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'pertinacity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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