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

Derived forms: tenacities

See also: tenacious

Type of: determination, purpose

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