Adherence
[əd'hɪərəns] or [əd'hɪrəns]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of adhering.
(n.) The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Tenacity, fixedness.[2]. Attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, adhesion.
Typist: Serena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Adhesion, attachment, devotion, fidelity, cleaving_to, constancy, endearment
ANT:Separation, disunion, unfaithfulness, desertion, treachery
Typist: Owen
Examples
- We have said in walked Mr. Job Trotter, but the statement is not distinguished by our usual scrupulous adherence to fact. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The cause of this procedure lies in following tradition, rather than in conscious adherence to a dualistic philosophy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Apart from those who feared Roosevelt for selfish reasons, his enemies were men who loved an orderly adherence to traditional methods. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To furnish these opportunities is to add to the resources of life, and only a doctrinaire adherence to a misunderstood ideal will raise any objection to them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He admitted no allegiance, he gave no adherence anywhere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I could dare it for the sake of any friend who deserved my adherence; as you, I am sure, do. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is our desperate adherence to an old method that has produced the confusion of political life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Permanent accuracy is obtained by close adherence to two principles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But, he adds, there is no danger of _either_ from a strict adherence to the laws. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It springs from the fact that they have identified their experience with rigid adherence to their past customs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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