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INSISTENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of insisting on something
Example:
insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
Synonyms:
insistence; insistency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("insistency" is a kind of...):
advocacy; protagonism (active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of demanding notice or attention
Example:
the press of business matters
Synonyms:
imperativeness; insistence; insistency; press; pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("insistency" is a kind of...):
urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)
Derivation:
insistent (demanding attention)
