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Dictionary: con·stan·cy   (kŏn'stən-sē) pronunciation
n.
  1. Steadfastness, as in purpose or affection; faithfulness.
  2. The condition or quality of being constant; changelessness.

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noun

    Faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligations, or duties: allegiance, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness. See continue/stop/pause, obligation.

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n

Definition: fixedness
Antonyms: change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness


WordNet: constancy
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quality of being free from change or variation
  Synonym: stability
  Antonym: inconstancy (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

Meaning #3: faithfulness in personal attachment (especially sexual fidelity)


Translations: Constancy
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bestandighed, standhaftighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
constantheid, trouw, vastberadenheid

Français (French)
n. - constance, fermeté

Deutsch (German)
n. - Konstanz, Beständigkeit, Treue

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πίστη, αφοσίωση, εμμονή, σταθερότητα

Italiano (Italian)
costanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - constância (f)

Русский (Russian)
постоянство

Español (Spanish)
n. - constancia, fidelidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beständighet, konstans, ståndaktighet, ihärdighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
坚定不移, 恒久不变

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 堅定不移, 恆久不變

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불변성, 절조, 성실

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 変わらないこと, 不変, 志操堅固

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثبات, وفاء, دوام, استمرار, انتظام, ولا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נאמנות, יציבות‬


 
 
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