The phrase "tenacious belief" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means a strong and persistent belief that is not easily changed or given up. Example: Despite facing numerous obstacles and setbacks, Jane's tenacious belief in her dream to become a doctor never wavered.
The view that music and the other arts are mere graces is still widespread, although the growth of psychological understanding of play and other symbolic activities has begun to weaken this tenacious belief.
Greg Rusedski, who will be 32 next Tuesday, has stuck to the tenacious belief that he can force his way back to the top, and his efforts to get himself seeded for this tournament were altogether admirable.
A tenacious belief in a cause – as well as in her ability to serve it – is the key aspect of Sturgeon's career; in no other leading British politician's story – including that of her mentor Alex Salmond – is it so absolutely manifest.
The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus explicitly denied any fundamental need for music: "For it was not necessity that separated it off, but it arose from the existing superfluity". The view that music and the other arts are mere graces is still widespread, although the growth of psychological understanding of play and other symbolic activities has begun to weaken this tenacious belief.
While awake, Raskolnikov's view of the old woman is spiteful, defined by his tenacious belief in his extraordinary man theory.
Chart A list of authorities who have recently destroyed some of our most tenacious beliefs.
The New Yorker, July 18 , 1931 P. 16Chart A list of authorities who have recently destroyed some of our most tenacious beliefs.
By W. E. Farbstein The New Yorker, July 18 , 1931 P. 16Chart A list of authorities who have recently destroyed some of our most tenacious beliefs.
As the plot proceeds, we get an unnerving sense that the whole film, whose early stages bore such a modern and liberated ease, is gradually re-rooting itself in old, tenacious beliefs — in a world where honor and shame run deeper than the mere matter of whether a person is alive or dead.
As Eric Wagner laid out in his article on 7 Traits of Incredibly Successful Entrepreneurs, these people are abundantly curious, creative, and visionary communicators and leaders who love risk and action and are tenacious beyond belief.
But none have been more tenacious than the belief that the gift of comedy is developed, or at least refined, by a traumatic childhood.
