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pertinacity

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

4 more languages
Galegoteimosía
हिन्दीआग्रह
Українськавпе́ртість

Examples

“1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase⟳. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make⟳ the reader comprehend.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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