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insistence

[in-sis-tuh ns]

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noun

the act or fact of insisting.

the quality of being insistent.

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RELATED WORDS

emphasis, persistence, urging, perseverance, importunity

Origin of insistence

First recorded in 1605–15; insist + -ence

Related formsnon·in·sist·ence, nouno·ver·in·sist·ence, nounsu·per·in·sist·ence, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for insistence

Eventually I gave way to Bunny's insistence and lost my virginity, appropriately enough, in H.G. Wells's spare bedroom.
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Her younger sister was removed from school as well, at the insistence of her new family.
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He was very clear in his insistence that Americans are not dumb.
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We're partly to blame, too, what with our insistence on compartmentalizing the people in our lives.
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Sports Illustrated sent Shrake down at his insistence to do a piece on the beautiful and haunting Big Thicket area of East Texas.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas|Edwin Shrake|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The lady's face grew clouded as she listened, for from my insistence she shrewdly inferred that it imported to be gone.
The Shame of Motley|Raphael Sabatini
Accustomed to absolute subservience from her own peons, Mrs. Merriman saw at once that insistence was useless.
In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
England had abolished slavery under the insistence that it was foreign to all right understanding of God's Word.
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But when upon her insistence he admitted her to his room one afternoon she found nothing to confirm her suspicions.
The Song of Songs|Hermann Sudermann
Insistence upon the immense number of people in England to-day, of all classes, who are so situated, is unnecessary.
A Short History of English Music|Ernest Ford

Word Origin and History for insistence

n.

mid-15c., from Middle French insister (see insist) + -ence.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper