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INSISTENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of insisting on something

Example:

insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position

Synonyms:

insistence; insistency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("insistence" is a kind of...):

advocacy; protagonism (active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something)

Derivation:

insist (beg persistently and urgently)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Continual and persistent demands

Synonyms:

insistence; insisting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("insistence" is a kind of...):

demand (an urgent or peremptory request)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insistence"):

purism (scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language))

Derivation:

insist (be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge)

insistent (repetitive and persistent)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The state of demanding notice or attention

Example:

the press of business matters

Synonyms:

imperativeness; insistence; insistency; press; pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("insistence" is a kind of...):

urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)

Derivation:

insistent (repetitive and persistent)

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