insistence

[ in-sis-tuhns ]

/ ɪnˈsɪs təns /

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noun

the act or fact of insisting.

the quality of being insistent.

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Origin of insistence

First recorded in 1605–15; insist + -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM insistence

non·in·sist·ence, nouno·ver·in·sist·ence, nounsu·per·in·sist·ence, noun

Words nearby insistence

insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent, in situ, insnare, insobriety

How to use insistence in a sentence

Many of the leaders we heard from said new modes of work must be built around an insistence on the kind of flexibility and allowances companies have granted employees during the pandemic.
Future of Work Forum recap: Coronavirus crisis forcing leadership to evolve|Digiday Editors|February 12, 2021|Digiday
Huawei spokesman Glenn Schloss declined to comment on Zwicky’s remarks but repeated the company’s insistence that it doesn’t support discrimination and had taken The Post’s report seriously.
Huawei official speaks out on why he resigned after The Post reported the tech giant had worked on a ‘Uighur alarm’|Drew Harwell|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Yours was a polite compromise and probably the best solution at the time, given your guest’s insistence.
Miss Manners: Guest insists on going indoors — against host’s pandemic plans|Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
The problem is that guards and other gatekeepers frustrate these policies with their insistence on maintaining the power imbalances that a lack of pads or tampons creates.
Why business must help end ‘period poverty’ for women in America|jakemeth|December 10, 2020|Fortune

This focus on collaboration is also where the group’s insistence on anonymity comes from.
Inside the Secret Math Society Known Simply as Nicolas Bourbaki|Kevin Hartnett|November 9, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Prematurely retired in early 1940, Hobart was brought back at the personal insistence of Churchill.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eventually I gave way to Bunny's insistence and lost my virginity, appropriately enough, in H.G. Wells's spare bedroom.
House of Cads: Growing Up Amid the Weirdness of Bloomsbury|Jessica Ferri|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her younger sister was removed from school as well, at the insistence of her new family.
Her Husband Shot This 17-Year-Old Afghan Girl In The Face—And She Lived|Nina Strochlic|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was very clear in his insistence that Americans are not dumb.
Richard Hofstadter and America’s New Wave of Anti-Intellectualism|David Masciotra|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We're partly to blame, too, what with our insistence on compartmentalizing the people in our lives.
Seth Meyers Gets Off to a Rocky Start on 'Late Night'|Kevin Fallon|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And in his heart the name of the poem repeated itself with significant insistence: Unwelcome!
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
There was that in the baby's tone, in the unbaby-like insistence of its bright eyes, which compelled obedience.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
Crozier spoke without passion and with a coldblooded insistence not lost on Burlingame.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
The coalition was paralysed by discord and by the insistence of its members on the pursuit of different objects.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
There was considerable correspondence, and mutual insistence, though always with conventional courtesy of language.
William Bradford of Plymouth|Albert Hale Plumb