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TENACIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tenaciousness mean?
• TENACIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun TENACIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. persistent determination
Familiarity information: TENACIOUSNESS 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 ("tenaciousness" is a kind of...):
determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose)
Derivation:
tenacious (good at remembering)
tenacious (stubbornly unyielding)
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