Antonyms for persistency
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : per-sis-tuh ns, -zis- |
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs- |
Definition of persistency
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French persistance, from persistant "lasting, enduring, permanent," from Latin persistentem (nominative persistens), present participle of persistere (see persist). Often spelled persistance 16c. Related: Persistency.
- noun insistence
- noun continuation
- This persistency had struck the savant, and he asked a mutual friend to introduce him.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- And she had already begun to have some knowledge of the persistency of his character.
- Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
- The judge and the lookers-on were puzzled by this persistency.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- This hint at MacLachlan's persistency exasperated me the more.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- Perhaps all this may account for the persistency with which I sat in my open window.
- Extract from : « The Bronze Hand » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)
- But once—having the persistency of the needy—Abi Hafsa scored.
- Extract from : « A Boswell of Baghdad » by E. V. Lucas
- She had some of her mother's persistency, and was not readily controlled.
- Extract from : « Mr. Kris Kringle » by S. Weir Mitchell
- In spite of Mr. Gallatin's persistency no advance was made in the negotiation.
- Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
- Some amusing stories are told of the persistency with which he hunted for orders.
- Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
- No less remarkable than the persistency of the mores is their changeableness and variation.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
Synonyms for persistency
- assiduity
- augmenting
- continuance
- continuing
- continuity
- continuum
- duration
- emphasis
- endurance
- enduring
- extension
- furtherance
- going on
- importunity
- increase
- increasing
- insistency
- line
- maintaining
- perpetuating
- perpetuation
- perseverance
- persistence
- persisting
- postscript
- preservation
- preserving
- producing
- production
- prolongation
- prolonging
- propagation
- protracting
- protraction
- sequel
- succession
- supplement
- sustaining
- sustenance
- tenacity
- urging
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