Dictionary Definition
constancy
Noun
1 the quality of being free from change or
variation [syn: stability] [ant: inconstancy]
2 the tendency for perceived objects to give rise
to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations
in the conditions of observation
3 faithfulness in personal attachment (especially
sexual fidelity)
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
- 1871, Charles
Darwin, Descent of Man, ch. 7 "On the Races of Man,"
- Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
- 1871, Charles
Darwin, Descent of Man, ch. 7 "On the Races of Man,"
- An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
- 1602, William
Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 1, sc. 2,
- younger spirits . . .
- whose constancies
- Expire before their fashions.
- whose constancies
- younger spirits . . .
- 1602, William
Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 1, sc. 2,
Related terms
Translations
The quality of being constant
- French: constance
- Portuguese: constância
An unchanging quality or characteristic of a
person or thin
- Portuguese: constância
References
- Webster 1828}}
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abidingness, accordance, adherence, adhesion, age, allegiance, antiquity, aplomb, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attachment, balance, balanced personality,
bona fides, bond, bonne
foi, bulldog tenacity, calm, ceaselessness, changelessness, chattering, clockwork
regularity, coeternity, commitment, concentration, consecutiveness,
consistency,
consonance, constant
flow, continualness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, cool, correspondence, daily
round, dedication,
defeat of time, defiance of time, devotedness, devotion, diligence, dingdong, diuturnity, dogged
perseverance, doggedness, drone, durability, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, eternalness, eternity, even pace, even
tenor, evenness,
ever-duringness, everlastingness,
everness, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, featurelessness,
fidelity, firmness, firmness of mind,
fixedness, flintiness, foreverness, frozenness, fullness, gaplessness, good faith,
hardening, homage, homeostasis, homogeneity, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, imperturbability,
incessancy, indefatigability,
indestructibility,
industriousness,
industry, infinite
duration, infinity,
inflexibility,
insistence, insistency, interminability,
invariability,
invariableness,
inveteracy, jointlessness, lastingness, long standing,
long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance, methodicalness, monolithism, monologue, monotone, monotonousness, monotony, nerve, never-endingness, noninterruption,
obstinacy, orderliness, oscillation, patience, patience of Job,
perdurability,
perennation,
perenniality,
perennialness,
permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness,
pertinacity,
plenitude, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, pulsation, punctuality, quick fire,
quiescence, rapid
fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, rapidity, regularity, relentlessness, reliability, repetition, resolution, rigidity, rootedness, sameliness, sameness, sang-froid, seamlessness, secureness, security, sedulity, sedulousness, sempiternity, settledness,
single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, singsong, slogging, smoothness, solidity, soundness, stability, stable equilibrium,
stable state, staccato,
stamina, standing, stasis, staunchness, staying power,
steadfastness,
steadiness, steady
nerves, steady state, steeliness,
stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, stuttering, substantiality, successiveness, survival, survivance, sustainment, systematicalness,
tattoo, tenaciousness, tenacity, tie, timelessness, tirelessness, torpor, treadmill, tried-and-trueness,
triedness, troth, true blue, trueness, unbrokenness, unceasingness, unchangeability,
unchangingness,
undeflectability,
undeviation,
undifferentiation,
uniformity, unintermission, unintermittedness,
uninterruptedness,
uninterruption,
unity, unrelievedness, unremittingness,
unruffledness,
unshakable nerves, unshakableness,
unswerving attention, unvariation, unyieldingness, vibration