insistence

English Thesaurus

1. the act of insisting on something (noun.act)

hypernym	:	advocacy, protagonism,
definition	:	active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something (noun.act)

2. continual and persistent demands (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	demand,
definition	:	an urgent or peremptory request (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	purism,
definition	:	scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language) (noun.communication)

3. the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)

hypernym	:	urgency,
definition	:	the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity (noun.state)

4. the act of insisting on something (noun.act)

derivation	:	importune, insist, importune, insist,
definition	:	beg persistently and urgently (verb.communication)

5. continual and persistent demands (noun.communication)

derivation	:	insist, take a firm stand,
definition	:	be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge (verb.communication)

derivation	:	insistent, repetitive,
definition	:	repetitive and persistent (adj.all)

6. the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)

derivation	:	coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze,
definition	:	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)

derivation	:	blackjack, blackmail, pressure,
definition	:	exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)

derivation	:	press,
definition	:	be urgent (verb.stative)

derivation	:	insistent, repetitive,
definition	:	repetitive and persistent (adj.all)

derivation	:	imperative,
definition	:	requiring attention or action (adj.all)

derivation	:	clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant,
definition	:	demanding attention (adj.all)

7. the act of insisting on something (noun.act)

derivation	:	importune, insist, importune, insist,
definition	:	beg persistently and urgently (verb.communication)

8. continual and persistent demands (noun.communication)

derivation	:	insist, take a firm stand,
definition	:	be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge (verb.communication)

derivation	:	insistent, repetitive,
definition	:	repetitive and persistent (adj.all)

9. the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)

derivation	:	coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze,
definition	:	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)

derivation	:	blackjack, blackmail, pressure,
definition	:	exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)

derivation	:	press,
definition	:	be urgent (verb.stative)

derivation	:	insistent, repetitive,
definition	:	repetitive and persistent (adj.all)

derivation	:	imperative,
definition	:	requiring attention or action (adj.all)

derivation	:	clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant,
definition	:	demanding attention (adj.all)