doggedness
nounUS /ˈdɔɡɪdˌnəs/
Etymology From dogged + -ness.
1
Usually The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.
- 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.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
2
Obsolete, Usually sullenness; moroseness
- Synonyms
- tenacity