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INSISTENCE
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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)
