insistence

[in-sis-tuhns]

noun

1. the act or fact of insisting.

2. the quality of being insistent.

Other Word Forms

• noninsistence noun
• overinsistence noun
• superinsistence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of insistence¹

First recorded in 1605–15; insist + -ence

Related Words

• emphasis 
• persistence 
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