tenaciousnessn.
/tɪˈneɪʃəsnɪs/ The quality of being tenacious; tenacity.
1. = tenacity n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun]
thicknessc1000
gleiminessa1398
gleimingness1398
glutinosityc1400
viscositya1425
threadinessc1425
gleimousnessc1440
clamminess1528
clammishness1528
yolkiness1528
toughness1574
viscousness1594
gumminess1600
gluishness1608
glueyness1611
viscidity1611
gummosity1651
tenaciousness1658
viscuousness1658
glutinousnessa1661
plasteriness1660
ropishness1662
snivelliness1662
ropiness1663
gummousness1666
stickiness1689
clam1694
viscidness1710
glairiness1866
treacliness1884
slabness1892
yuckiness1982
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [noun] > cohesiveness
toughnessc1440
tenacity1555
retinence1642
tenaciousness1658
cohesiveness1727
clinginess1775
cohesibility1826
retentiveness1879
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1069 Clammy stuffe that drawes like Bird-lime, which loseth not its tenaciousnesse by drinesse nor by moysture.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 44 The tenaciousness of their cohesion..seem[s] to prove them to consist of viscous parts.
2. = tenacity n. 2.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun]
obstination?1387
pertinacyc1390
obstinacya1393
thronessa1400
stubbornnessc1440
obstinance?a1475
durenessc1480
pertinacity?1504
stomacha1513
stiffness1526
tenacity1526
persistence1546
obstacleness1548
obstinateness1561
stiffneckedness1570
self-mindedness1574
intractability1579
persistency1600
obstinancy1614
contumacy1619
stomachfulness1621
tenaciousness1642
pertinaciousness1651
irresignation1657
peremptoriness1747
mulishness1763
strongheadedness1793
dourness1794
unmovableness1818
stoutheartedness1826
bullet-headednessa1849
stalwartism1879
camelishness1883
thick and thin1884
stupidity1886
jusqu'auboutisme1917
die-hardism1922
obstinative-
the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > firmness of hold
tenaciousness1786
tenacity1823
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 128 Fourthly and lastly, the Tenaciousnesse of selfe: I meane when she is put hard to it.
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 122 Solidity of judgement, and tenaciousness of memory.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 78 What I learn of the temper of my countrymen and their tenaciousness of money.
1860 All Year Round 18 Feb. 389 Extraordinary examples of tenaciousness of life.
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