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pur-ten-AY-shuhs
adjective
obstinate; sticking resolutely to an opinion; extreme persistence in a course of action
1886On CompromiseThough England counts her full share of fearless truth-seekers in most departments of inquiry, yet there is on the whole no weakening, but a rather marked confirmation, of what has become an inveterate national characteristic, and has long been recognised as such; a profound distrust, namely, of all general principles; a profound dislike both of much reference to them, and of any disposition to invest them with practical authority; and a silent but most pertinacious measurement of philosophic truths by political tests.1913The Catholic EncyclopediaPertinacity, that is, obstinate adhesion to a particular tenet is required to make heresy formal.1924Ski-runningA strict code has been adopted, mainly as a result of the suffering from pertinacious runners, who put their standard higher than is admitted by others.Labels: J. Wilhelm, John Morley, Katharine Symonds Furse
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