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Noun: pertinacity  `pur-ti'na-su-tee
  1. Persistent determination
    - doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinaciousness

Derived forms: pertinacities

See also: pertinacious

Type of: determination, purpose

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