inveteracy

[ in-vet-er-uh-see ]

/ ɪnˈvɛt ər ə si /

the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained: the inveteracy of people's prejudices.

Words nearby inveteracy

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

Now see with what earnestness and inveteracy the friends of the Colonization Society oppose immediate abolition!
Thoughts on African Colonization|William Lloyd Garrison
The impudence, the inveteracy of that fellow, is astonishing—no silencing him.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth
Thus chorea may sometimes reach a degree of inveteracy that renders sleep impossible.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep|Henry M. Lyman
It really does seem to me a kind of inveteracy thus to talk of buying a new yacht within a few hours after losing one.
Roland Cashel|Charles James Lever

“The New Yorkers never forgave him,” says your latest biographer; and one scarcely marvels at the inveteracy of their malice.
Letters to Dead Authors|Andrew Lang