INVETERACY

Noun

inveteracy (countable and uncountable, plural inveteracies)

The state of being inveterate; long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted persistence.

Antonyms

• transience

Source: Wiktionary


In*vet"er*a*cy, n. Etym: [From Inveterate.]

1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. A. Tucker.

2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, an the mortification of lampoons. Guardian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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