Definition
The quality of being extremely hard, unyielding, or inflexible; absolute stubbornness or unwillingness to change.
Etymology
From 'adamant' (from Greek 'adamant' meaning unbreakable) + '-ance' (noun suffix). Developed in English to describe the abstract quality of adamantine hardness.
Kelly Says
Adamance comes from an ancient myth—the Greeks thought adamant was a magical unbreakable material, and that word carried such power that centuries later, we still use it to describe stubbornness that seems superhuman.
Translations
AFAfrikaans
hardnekkigheid
CACatalà
fermesa
fe-r-me-sa
DEDeutsch
Beharrlichkeit
be-har-ri-li-kit
ELΕλληνικά
αγριότητα
a-gri-o-ti-ta
ESEspañol
adamantez
a-da-man-teh-s
FRFrançais
adamance
a-da-mans
HEעברית
עיקשות
e-ke-sheth
HIहिन्दी
अडिगता
a-di-g-ta
HUMagyar
kitartás
ki-tar-tas
IDBahasa Indonesia
ketekunan
ke-te-ku-nan
ITItaliano
adamante
a-da-man-teh
KKKK
тұрақтылық
tu-ra-q-ty-lyk
KMKM
ប្រព្រឹត្ត
bra-p-rot
MSBahasa Melayu
ketekunan
ke-te-ku-nan
MYမြန်မာ
ကြိုးပြန်
k-yi-p-yan
NLNederlands
vastberadenheid
vast-be-ra-de-ne-heid
PTPortuguês
adamância
a-da-man-sa
RORomână
hotărâre
ho-ta-re
RUРусский
упорство
u-por-st-vo
SLSlovenščina
adamantnost
SVSvenska
fasthet
fast-het
SWKiswahili
ukali
u-ka-li
THไทย
ความยืนยง
kwan-muan-yu-in-yong
TLTL
pagtitiyaga
pa-gi-ti-ya-ga
TRTürkçe
adamant
a-da-mant
UKУкраїнська
негнучність
ne-hnu-ch-nist
VITiếng Việt
sự kiên quyết
su-ki-en-quyet