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单词 inveteracy
释义

inveteracy

noun

in·​vet·​er·​a·​cy in-ˈve-t(ə-)rə-sē How to pronounce inveteracy (audio)
: the quality or state of being obstinate or persistent : tenacity

Word History

Etymology

inveterate + -cy

First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined above

inveteracy

noun

as in implacability

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • implacability
  • adamancy
  • adamance
  • inexorability
  • waywardness
  • perversity
  • inflexibility
  • persistency
  • perverseness
  • tenacity
  • persistence
  • tenaciousness
  • pertinacity
  • steadfastness
  • obstinacy
  • obduracy
  • wrongheadedness
  • perseverance
  • sternness
  • relentlessness
  • intransigence
  • resolve
  • strictness
  • single-mindedness
  • pigheadedness
  • stubbornness
  • determination
  • firmness
  • anal-retentiveness
  • contumacy
  • doggedness
  • rigorousness
  • rigidity
  • hardness
  • cantankerousness
  • hardheadedness
  • bullheadedness
  • obdurateness
  • willfulness
  • stick-to-itiveness
  • recalcitrance
  • self-will
  • rigidness
  • opinionatedness
  • rigor
  • frowardness
  • intractability
  • cussedness
  • self-opinionatedness
  • immovability
  • disobedience
  • recalcitrancy
  • unruliness
  • bloody-mindedness
  • narrow-mindedness
  • contrariness
  • mulishness
  • rebelliousness
  • pertinaciousness
  • obstinateness
  • immovableness
  • insubordination
  • obstreperousness
  • defiance
  • refractoriness
  • balkiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reasonableness
  • receptivity
  • acquiescence
  • receptiveness
  • acceptance
  • pliancy
  • reasonability
  • subordination
  • flexibility
  • pliability
  • docility
  • compliance
  • obedience
  • broad-mindedness
  • subserviency
  • willingness
  • surrender
  • yielding
  • pliableness
  • submission
  • slavishness
  • open-mindedness
  • subservience
  • pliantness
  • subordinateness
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