Dictionary Definition
insistence
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
insistence (uncountable and countable; plural: insistences)- the state of being insistent
- an urgent demand
- The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength
Related terms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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