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单词 adamance
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adamance

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ad·a·mant

A0075800 (ăd′ə-mənt, -mănt′)adj. Not willing to change one's opinion, purpose, or principles; unyielding.n.1. A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness.2. An extremely hard substance.
[From Middle English, a hard precious stone, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamās, adamant-, from Greek, unconquerable, hard steel, diamond; see demə- in Indo-European roots.]
ad′a·mance, ad′a·man·cy n.ad′a·mant·ly adv.

adamance

(ˈædəməns) or

adamancy

na state of resoluteness
Thesaurus
Noun1.adamance - resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexibleadamance - resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexibleobduracy, unyieldingnessfirmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution - the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
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adamance

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Related to adamance: interrelatedness
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Synonyms for adamance

noun resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

Synonyms

  • obduracy
  • unyieldingness

Related Words

  • firmness of purpose
  • resoluteness
  • resolve
  • firmness
  • resolution
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