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Persistent determination
Answer for the clue "Persistent determination ", 11 letters:
persistency
Word definitions for persistency in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Persistence \Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. persistent determination [syn: doggedness , perseverance , persistence , tenacity , tenaciousness , pertinacity ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or characteristic of being persistent. 2 (context countable English) A measure of how much something persists.
Usage examples of persistency.
This gigantic monument was the most prominent object in sight, with the exception of the sacred temple, which Sah-luma presently pointed out,--a round, fortress-like piece of architecture ornamented with twelve gilded towers from which bells were now clashing and jangling in a storm of melodious persistency.
Even the hatred of the grand old man had an element of unselfishness in its retroaction, of power in its persistency, and of greatness in its absolute contempt of compromise.
He haunted the kitchen with the persistency of a blackbeetle, and became such a nuisance at last that Miss Hartley espoused his cause almost with enthusiasm.
Admiring his friend's audacity, deploring his rashness, reproving his persistency, Potts allowed his verdict to go by results.