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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pertinacity
    n 1: persistent determination [syn: doggedness,
         perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity,
         tenaciousness, pertinacity]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
Thesaurus Results for Pertinacity:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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