tenacity

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

the ability to keep doing something difficult
perseveranceA years-long political scandal broke last week thanks to the dogged perseverance of local reporters.
determinationAfter years of hard work and determination, she was finally promoted to CEO.
persistenceHe was known for his persistence in the pursuit of justice.
stick-to-it-ivenessUS This type of work requires a long-term commitment and a lot of stick-to-it-iveness.
single-mindednessHer single-mindedness helped her win six US Open singles titles.
doggednessTheir sheer doggedness and ambition helped them ignore criticism and carry on.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Continuous & permanent
abiding
abidingly
ad infinitum
around-the-clock
be
here to stayidiom
immanence
immanent
immanently
imperishable
on the bounceidiom
on the spinidiom
on the trotidiom
perennial
permanence
unrelentingly
unrelieved
unrelievedly
unremitting
unremittingly

persistence | American Dictionary

persistence
noun[ U ]
us/pərˈsɪs·təns, -ˈzɪs-/
the quality of being persistent, or the act of persisting:
A problem with using pesticides is the persistence of chemicals in the soil.
His persistence paid off – he won the contract.

Examples of persistence

persistence
That is, she finally, with secret persistence, taught herself to read.
Many theoretical and empirical papers provide support for the inclusion of some unemployment persistence in a macroeconomic model.
This is based on measures of a referent's prior salience in the discourse and its planned persistence in the next utterance.
Also, the persistence of serum antibodies makes it difficult to differentiate between previous and recent exposures to a pathogen.
In any case, in order to improve control efficacy there is a need to address the potential factors responsible for persistence of the transmission.
The reason is that the human capital endowments of new cohorts rise more strongly when persistence is higher.
The persistence of this pressure difference across the downstream channel is required to maintain the curved flow there.
Higher persistence is associated with larger (absolute) tax elasticities, even if the model allows for altruistic bequests.
The study was designed to determine the association between self-reported asthma and the risk, persistence and severity of panic attacks among adults in the community.
The second theme concerns the persistence of artists over time.
We found short-lived negative prospective associations between grade retention and girls' disruptive behavior beyond its natural persistence.
Gender historians still face the challenge of establishing relevant models and explanatory frameworks for understanding change and persistence.
These results are evidence of a persistence of antibody titres in the different mammalian species used, and similar to those observed in man.
The persistence of larvae in putrefying flesh is also determined by the environment: high humidity and low temperatures favour survival.
In addition, extrinsic factors such as temperature and humidity will affect the persistence of the eggs in the environment.
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