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Insistence

//ɪnˈsɪstəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being insistent. countable, uncountable

    "He made gourd-rattles (known in ever so many parts of the world) in which he rattled dried seeds or small pebbles with a most beguiling and rain-like insistence[.]"

  2. 2
    the act of insisting on something wordnet
  3. 3
    An urgent demand. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    continual and persistent demands wordnet
  5. 5
    The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the state of demanding notice or attention wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance. Morphologically insist + -ence.

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