persistency

NOUN

insistence

Synonyms

STRONG

emphasis importunity insistency perseverance persistence urging

Antonyms

STRONG

idleness indolence

NOUN

continuation

Synonyms

STRONG

assiduity continuance continuity continuum duration endurance extension furtherance increase line perpetuation persistence postscript preservation production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting preserving producing prolonging protracting sustaining

Antonyms

STRONG

curtailment decrease destruction end hindrance indifference ruin stoppage

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ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos warns that the persistency of inflation pressures should not be underestimated.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2022

What gives me hope is the persistency of those people.

From Slate • May 25, 2018

But looking "at performance of actively managed funds, there's no persistency," Oliver says.

From US News • Oct. 14, 2016

“Due to his persistency and his love for his mother, he was able to put some pieces together,” Nocco said at a news conference last week.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2011

With painful persistency they recurred to his mind, strive as he might to turn his thoughts into another current.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

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