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insistence
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun insistence has 3 senses
- insistence(n = noun.communication) insisting - continual and persistent demands; Array is a kind of demand
- insistence(n = noun.state) imperativeness, insistency, press, pressure - the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" is a kind of urgency
- insistence(n = noun.act) insistency - the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position" is a kind of advocacy, protagonism
has particulars: purism
Derived forms verb insist1, adjective insistent1
Derived form adjective insistent1
Derived form verb insist2
CIDE DICTIONARY
insistence, n.
The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
insistence
abetment, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, concentration, constancy, demandingness, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, encouragement, endurance, engrossment, exigency, fidelity, goading, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistency, instance, loyalty, needling, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, pressing, pressingness, pressure, pricking, prodding, relentlessness, resolution, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, spurring, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, urgency, urging
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