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tenacity

[ tuh-nas-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence:

    the amazing tenacity of rumors.

  2. the quality of retaining something:

    the tenacity of memory.

  3. the quality or property of holding together firmly:

    testing the tenacity of the old book's binding.



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Other Word Forms

  • v·ٱ·Բi·ٲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tenacity1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin ٱ峦 equivalent to ٱ峦- (stem of ٱ ) “holding fast,” derivative of ٱŧ “to hold” + - -ity ( def )
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Willis' childhood, where she lost her mother at age 15 and found herself relegated to second-class status after her father quickly remarried, is the origin of much of her drive and tenacity.

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And while members of the GOP applauded Booker’s tenacity, they also secretly snickered that “he’ll be as successful as Thurmond was holding back civil rights.”

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“You would think she is not a freshman the way she plays defense — just her mentality, her tenacity, her length, her agility, her speed, her lateral movement,” Bueckers said.

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After years of a cornucopia of abusive life choices – both self-inflicted and parentally initiated, Trump clings to a single strand of cogent thought with the tenacity of Sisyphus; how do I glorify myself?

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The scandal was only uncovered by the tenacity of the Richford family, who lost baby Harry in 2017 following a series of avoidable errors.

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