doggedness
Noun
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Noun
doggedness (uncountable)
- The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- (obsolete) sullenness; moroseness
- tenacity
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
- Russian: упо́рство
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