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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of demanding notice or attention;
- Example: "the insistence of their hunger"
- Example: "the press of business matters"
[syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure]

2. the act of insisting on something;
- Example: "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"
[syn: insistence, insistency]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

insistency n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 2: the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position" [syn: insistence, insistency]