Insistency

2 definitions found

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

  insistency \insistency\ n.
     the state of urgently demanding notice or attention;
     insistence.
  
     Syn: imperativeness, insistence, press, pressure.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. the quality of not being ignorable.
  
     Syn: imperativeness, insistence.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insistency
       n 1: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the
            press of business matters" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistence},
             {press}, {pressure}]
       2: urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their
          hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable
          instancy" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistence}, {instancy}]