Inveteracy
[in'vetәrәsi]
Definition
(n.) Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.
(n.) Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
Typed by Irwin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inveterateness, obstinacy, chronic state.
Inputed by Angela