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pertinacious
adjective
Stubbornly unyielding
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ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs
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adjective
Stubbornly unyielding
“Dogged persistence”
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Dogged persistence
Dour determination
The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it'}
Men tenacious of opinion
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