Insistence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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