From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Insistence \In*sist"ence\, noun The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: continual and persistent demands [syn: {insisting}]
2: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistency}, {press}, {pressure}]
3: urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistency}, {instancy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "insistence": abetment, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, concentration, constancy, demandingness, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, encouragement, endurance, engrossment, exigency, fidelity, goading, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistency, instance, loyalty, needling, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, pressing, pressingness, pressure, pricking, prodding, relentlessness, resolution, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, spurring, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, urgency, urging
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