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TENACITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tenacity mean?

• TENACITY (noun)
The noun TENACITY has 1 sense:

1. persistent determination

Familiarity information: TENACITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TENACITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Persistent determination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

doggedness; perseverance; persistency; pertinacity; tenaciousness; tenacity; persistence

Hypernyms ("tenacity" is a kind of...):

determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something)

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