Insistence
[ɪn'sɪst(ə)ns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of insisting on something; 'insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position'.
(noun.) continual and persistent demands.
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Urging, urgency, importunity, solicitation, entreaty.
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Examples
- They were, he rejoined, surprised at her insistence. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Yet, unless we balance it, this insistence upon his vanity, egotism, self-deception, and hot desire does not complete the justice of the case. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After all his insistence upon the oneness of God, he wavered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it lies not in the preaching of a doctrine or the insistence on some particular change in conduct. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Perhaps the insistence on the need of a culture in statecraft will seem to many people an old-fashioned delusion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Yet underneath she was constrained, she knew her own insistence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This insistence upon kindliness and consideration in the daily life is one of the main virtues of Islam, but it is not the only one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- First, Right Views; Gautama placed the stern examination of views and ideas, the insistence upon _truth_ as the first research of his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To shake off the question he began to talk of their own plans, their future, and Mrs. Welland's insistence on a long engagement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The road to yesterday back to Edison and his insistence on underground wires is a long one, but the preceding paragraph traces it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The damned wantlessness of the poor, about which Oscar Wilde complained, the cry for a little more fodder, gives way to an insistence upon the chance to be interested in life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The monarchy took a step forward towards orientalism by an increased insistence upon the worship of the ruler. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nothing could have seemed more irrelevant to Dorothea than insistence on her youth and sex when she was moved to show her human fellowship. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was the insistence on the limitation which so bored Birkin in Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His quiet insistence made Archer feel the clumsiness of his own bluster. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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