pertinacious

Adjective

• stubbornly unyielding
  • dogged persistence
    
  • dour determination
    
  • the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
    
  • a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it- T.S.Eliot
    
  • men tenacious of opinion
    

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• Synonyms: 
  dogged , dour , persistent , tenacious , unyielding