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PERSISTENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does persistency mean?
• PERSISTENCY (noun)
The noun PERSISTENCY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PERSISTENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Persistent determination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
doggedness; perseverance; persistence; persistency; pertinacity; tenaciousness; tenacity
Hypernyms ("persistency" is a kind of...):
determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose)
Derivation:
persist (be persistent, refuse to stop)
persistent (never-ceasing)
Context examples
Our results show that only a few regional allergen molecules are likely to be of importance for predicting the onset and persistency of respiratory allergic diseases and should be the focus for preventive strategies and targets for novel therapies, says Professor Magnus Wickman at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet.
(New Approach to Predict Respiratory Allergy in Early Childhood, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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