pertinacity — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Synonyms

   pertinaciousnessresolvestubbornnesstenacity

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.

   Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.

Noun

1. persistent determination

   Synonyms

   doggednessperseverancepersistencepersistencytenacitytenaciousness

   Broader terms

   determinationpurpose