pertinacity

English

Noun

pertinacity (usually uncountable; plural pertinacities)

1. The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
   • 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, ch. 19:

     Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.

Synonyms

• pertinaciousness, resolve, stubbornness, tenacity

Anagrams

• antipyretic