Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insistence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insistence \In*sist"ence\, n.
The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the
act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence;
urgency.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insistence
n 1: continual and persistent demands [syn: {insisting}]
2: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the
press of business matters" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistency},
{press}, {pressure}]
3: urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their
hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable
instancy" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistency}, {instancy}]
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