doggedness

English

Etymology

dogged +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɡɪdˌnəs/

Noun

doggedness (usually uncountable, plural doggednesses)

The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
  At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
(obsolete) sullenness; moroseness

Synonyms

tenacity
See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Translations

persistence, perseverance, tenacity

Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sinnikkyys (fi), peräänantamattomuus (fi), itsepintaisuus (fi), itsepäisyys (fi)
German: Beharrlichkeit (de) f, Hartnäckigkeit (de) f, Zähigkeit (de) f
Maori: manawaroa
Romanian: stăruință (ro) f, perseverență (ro) f, tenacitate (ro) f, persistență (ro) f
Russian: упо́рство (ru) n (upórstvo)

sullenness; moroseness — see sullenness,‎ moroseness

References

doggedness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
“doggedness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“doggedness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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