'Insistence' definitions:
Definition of 'insistence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Continual and persistent demands [syn: insistence, insisting]
noun
The state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure]
noun
The act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position" [syn: insistence, insistency]
Definition of 'Insistence'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insistence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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