determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties or opposition
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NAmE//ˌpərtnˈæsət̮i//
noun [uncountable] With his usual pertinacity, he pursued this new line of inquiry.See pertinacious in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: pertinacious