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ADAMANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adamance mean?
• ADAMANCE (noun)
The noun ADAMANCE has 1 sense:
1. resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Familiarity information: ADAMANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
adamance; obduracy; unyieldingness
Hypernyms ("adamance" is a kind of...):
firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve (the trait of being resolute)
Derivation:
adamant (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason)
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