tenacity

CEFRC1

/təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/

noun

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The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.

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— Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have something they’ll never have! — Tenure? — Tenacity!

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— Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have something they’ll never have! — Tenure? — Tenacity!
2009, Jorge Cham, PHD Comics: Softball: younger and faster
Like the Cuscus of the Moluccas, the Galeopithecus feeds chiefly on leaves, and possesses a very voluminous stomach and long convoluted intestines. The brain is very small, and the animal possesses such remarkable tenacity of life, that it is exceedingly difficult to kill it by any ordinary means.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 211

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From tenac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās.