insistence

Noun
  1. Continual and persistent demands (synset 107206437)
    is a type of: demand - an urgent or peremptory request
    subtypes: purism - scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
    same as: insisting
  2. The state of demanding notice or attention (synset 114474815)
    "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
    is a type of: urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
    same as: imperativeness, insistency, press, pressure
  3. The act of insisting on something (synset 101217047)
    "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"
    is a type of: advocacy, protagonism - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
    same as: insistency

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