insistence (n.)

  1. continual and persistent demands

    [ Syn: insisting ]

  2. the state of demanding notice or attention; the insistence of their hunger; the press of business matters

    [ Syn: imperativeness , insistency , press , pressure ]

  3. the act of insisting on something; insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position

    [ Syn: insistency ]

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