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tenacity.

The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/Received-Pronunciation/təˈnæsəti/General-American
  1. The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās (whence -acity).

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