steadfastness
/ˈstedfɑːstnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstedfæstnəs/ (ame, ipa)
steadfastness — noun
1. the quality of continuing to support a person, group, or belief, without letting
the quality of continuing to support a person, group, or belief, without letting difficulties or opposition change your mind — for example, staying loyal to a friend through hard times, or working toward the same goal year after year despite repeated setbacks
Mei-Lin admired her grandmother's steadfastness in caring for the neighbourhood children through every season.
collocation: steadfastness in + [activity]
The small clinic survived only because of Dr. Okafor's steadfastness during the funding crisis.
show + steadfastness during + [difficult time]
It was her steadfastness that kept the team together when everyone else wanted to give up on the project.
The villagers spoke of his steadfastness with deep respect, remembering how he had refused to leave even when the floods came.
- loyalty
focuses on faithfulness to a person or group; less formal than steadfastness
- determination
emphasises the will to achieve a goal rather than moral firmness
- devotion
suggests strong emotional attachment; often used in religious or romantic contexts
- perseverance
stresses continuing effort despite difficulty, slightly more active than steadfastness
- fickleness
tendency to change one's mind or loyalties quickly
- wavering
being uncertain or unsteady in decisions or beliefs
用法筆記
Frequently appears with a possessive determiner (her steadfastness, their steadfastness) or followed by "in" + a gerund or noun describing the activity. More common in written or formal speech than in everyday conversation.