tenaciousness

  • 91obstinateness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, pertina ciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness,… …

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  • 92pertinaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pig headedness, tenaciousness, tenacity,… …

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  • 93pertinacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity …

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  • 94perverseness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity …

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  • 95pigheadedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, tenaciousness, tenacity,… …

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  • 96willfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) also wilfulness noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity,… …

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  • 97tenacious — c.1600, from L. tenaci , from tenax holding fast (see TENACITY (Cf. tenacity)). Related: Tenaciously; tenaciousness …

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  • 98adhesiveness — n. quality of being adhesive; stickiness; clinginess, tenaciousness …

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  • 99nonpersistence — n. lack of endurance, lack of continuation, lack of tenaciousness …

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  • 100pertinacity — per·ti nac·i·ty || ‚pÉœrtÉ™ næsÉ™tɪ /‚pɜːtɪ n. stubbornness, obstinacy, tenaciousness …

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