insistence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: insistence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for insistence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insistence n continual and persistent demands [syn: insistence, insisting] the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" Synonym(s): imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position" Synonym(s): insistence, insistency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insistence \In*sist"ence\, n. The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.