Synonyms for persistence
pərˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs-

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1. continuity, persistence(noun)

   the property of a continuous and connected period of time

   Synonyms:
   perseverance, tenacity, persistency, perseveration, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

2. doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity(noun)

   persistent determination

   Synonyms:
   perseverance, tenacity, persistency, perseveration, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

3. perseverance, persistence, perseveration(noun)

   the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

   "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

   Synonyms:
   perseverance, tenacity, persistency, perseveration, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

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1. persistence

   Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (Latin ad, to, and sedeo, sit), as the etymology suggests, sits down to a task until it is done. Diligence (Latin diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (Latin ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity. Constancy is a steady devotion of heart and principle. Patience works on in spite of annoyances; perseverance overcomes hindrances and difficulties; persistence strives relentlessly against opposition; persistence has very frequently an unfavorable meaning, implying that one persists in spite of considerations that should induce him to desist. Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession. Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.

   Synonyms:
   application, assiduity, attention, constancy, diligence, effort, exertion, industry, intentness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, sedulousness

   Antonyms:
   changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, indolence, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

Dictionary of English Synonymes(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. persistence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   PERSEVERANCE

2. persistence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness

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1. List of paraphrases:

   perseverance, tenacity, persistent, persisting, continuation, persistency, continuing, insistence, perpetuation, stubbornness, continued, persistently, obstinacy, stamina, permanence, steadfastness

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1. Harsh Malik:

   Great Struggle will always lead to Great Success. Hard work or smart work doesn’t matter. What matters is your COMMITMENT. Have the endurance to hunt for DREAMS. he who never gives up becomes unbeatable. Height of your persistence will decide the height of your success.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Persistence is a necessary ingredient for success.

3. Adam Ereli:

   Summits in and of themselves can be showpieces or stimulants to action, i think it's going to take a lot of American persistence to set up regular consultations and a program of cooperation. There is definitely the need, but I'm not sure about the willingness.

4. George Santayana:

   Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience.

5. Octavia E. Butler:

   First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.

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