Found 3 hits - Term: insistence, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
insistence \insist"ence\, n.
the quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the
act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence;
urgency.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
insisting imperativeness insistency press pressure instancy
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
66 moby thesaurus words for "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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