[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]