inveteracy

American  

[in-vet-er-uh-see] / ɪnˈvɛt ər ə si /

noun

1. the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained.

   the inveteracy of people's prejudices.

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Etymology

Origin of inveteracy

First recorded in 1710–20; inveter(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

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inveteracy

In 1878, a commentator in the newspaper Isafold called turf houses a “national vice, a ruinous inveteracy and senseless adherence to ancient customs.”

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2015

It was indeed allowed that the proud Berner Kopmand's inveteracy against the nobles of the land was not altogether unfounded.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

This fatal instance of the inveteracy of this disorder, when once introduced into the colony, has not been without its counterpoising benefit.

From Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by William Charles Wentworth

Leigh Hunt is puzzled to reconcile the shyness of my pretensions with the inveteracy and sturdiness of my principles.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by William Hazlitt

But under the protection of the fencing mask a new school of foil-play was evolved, one in which swiftness and inveteracy of attack and parry, of riposte, remise, counter-riposte and reprise, assumed an all-important character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various