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ADAMANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adamance mean? 

ADAMANCE (noun)
  The noun ADAMANCE has 1 sense:

1. resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexibleplay

  Familiarity information: ADAMANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADAMANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

adamance; obduracy; unyieldingness

Hypernyms ("adamance" is a kind of...):

firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve (the trait of being resolute)

Derivation:

adamant (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason)


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