Usually means: Stubborn adherence to an opinion.
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  1. pertinacy: Merriam-Webster
  2. pertinacy: Wordnik
  3. pertinacy: Wiktionary
  4. Pertinacy: Dictionary.com
  5. Pertinacy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. pertinacy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Pertinacy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. pertinacy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. pertinacy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Pertinacy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (pertinacy)

noun:  The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence.
noun:  Obsolete form of pertinacity. [The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.]

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