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nounThe characteristic of being tenacious; tenacity.
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nounpersistent determination
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Bulgarian издръжливост
- издръжливост (izdrăžlivost)quality or state of being tenacious
Catalan tenacitat
- tenacitatquality or state of being tenacious
Chinese Mandarin 韧性
- 韧性 (rènxìng)quality or state of being tenacious
Czech houževnatost, neústupnost
- houževnatostquality or state of being tenacious
- neústupnostquality or state of being tenacious
- výdržquality or state of being tenacious
Dutch volhardendheid
- volhardendheidquality or state of being tenacious
Finnish sitkeys, sinnikkyys
- sitkeysquality or state of being tenacious
- sinnikkyysquality or state of being tenacious
French ténacité
- ténacitéquality or state of being tenacious
German Zähigkeit, Beharrlichkeit
- Zähigkeitquality or state of being tenacious
- Beharrlichkeitquality or state of being tenacious
Greek επιμονή
- επιμονή (epimoní)quality or state of being tenacious
Indonesian keuletan, kegigihan
- keuletanquality or state of being tenacious
- kegigihanquality or state of being tenacious
Irish diongbháilteacht
- diongbháilteachtquality or state of being tenacious
Italian tenacia
- tenaciaquality or state of being tenacious
Latin tenācitās
- tenācitāsquality or state of being tenacious
Polish upartość, wytrwałość
- upartośćquality or state of being tenacious
- wytrwałośćquality or state of being tenacious
- zawziętośćquality or state of being tenacious
Portuguese tenacidade
- tenacidadequality or state of being tenacious
Romanian tenacitate
- tenacitatequality or state of being tenacious
Russian це́пкость, упо́рство
- це́пкость (cépkostʹ)quality or state of being tenacious
- упо́рство (upórstvo)quality or state of being tenacious
- вы́держка (výderžka)quality or state of being tenacious
Spanish tenacidad, tesón
- tenacidadquality or state of being tenacious
- tesónquality or state of being tenacious
Tagalog matibay
- matibayquality or state of being tenacious
Ukrainian завзятість, упертість
- завзятість (zavzjatistʹ)quality or state of being tenacious
- упертість (upertistʹ)quality or state of being tenacious
- стійкість (stijkistʹ)quality or state of being tenacious
- наполегливість (napolehlyvistʹ)quality or state of being tenacious
- цілеспрямованість (cilesprjamovanistʹ)quality or state of being tenacious
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tenaciousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenaciousness
MLA
“tenaciousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenaciousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tenaciousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenaciousness.
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