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Pertinacity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being pertinacious. uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    persistent determination wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).

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