persistency
(pəˈsɪstənsɪ)
[f. L. persistent-em: see next and -ency; cf. prec.]
1. The quality of persisting or being persistent; firmness or obstinacy in adhering to a course, purpose, or opinion; also = persistence 1.
| 1597 Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. ii. 50 Thou think'st me as farre in the Diuels Booke..for obduracie and persistencie. a 1672 T. Horton Serm., Ps. cxxxiii. 1 (1679) 195 This is also pertaining to the love and concord of brethren, a perseverance and persistency in it. 1833 S. Austin Charac. Goethe II. 209 note, He did this with the more ardour and persistency. 1879 Trollope in 19th Cent. Jan. 36 Clever young men, ambitious but idle and vacillating, are met every day, whereas the gift of persistency in a young man is uncommon. |
2. The quality or condition of continuing in existence; = persistence 2.
| 1833 Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 331 Not to place implicit reliance on the alleged persistency of the same mineral characters in secondary rocks. 1866 Thirlwall Rem. (1878) III. 304 It has only undergone a series of transformations, which has not interrupted its persistency. |