INSISTENCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("insistency" is a kind of...):

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

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 ("insistency" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

insistent (demanding attention)