noun
Meaning 1
The state of being insistent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insistence
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈsɪs.təns/
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noun
Meaning 2
An urgent demand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of insisting on something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insistency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocacy, protagonism
noun
Meaning 5
continual and persistent demands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insisting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: demand
Narrower terms: purism
noun
Meaning 6
the state of demanding notice or attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imperativeness, insistency, press, pressure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: urgency
History
Etymology
From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance. Morphologically insist + -ence.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: настойчивост (nastojčivost) — state of being insistent
- Catalan: insistència — state of being insistent
- Czech: neústupnost — state of being insistent
- Czech: neodbytnost — state of being insistent
- Finnish: hellittämättömyys — state of being insistent
- Finnish: itsepintaisuus — state of being insistent
- French: insistance — state of being insistent
- Galician: teimosía — state of being insistent
- German: Beharrlichkeit — state of being insistent
- German: Insistenz — state of being insistent
- German: Eindringlichkeit — state of being insistent
- Greek: επιμονή (epimoní) — state of being insistent
- Italian: insistenza — state of being insistent
- Marathi: आग्रह (āgrah) — state of being insistent
- Portuguese: insistência — state of being insistent
- Romanian: insistență — state of being insistent
- Russian: насто́йчивость (nastójčivostʹ) — state of being insistent
- Sicilian: nzistenza — state of being insistent
- Spanish: insistencia — state of being insistent
- Ottoman Turkish: عناد (ʿinad) — state of being insistent
- Ottoman Turkish: تمرد (temerrüd) — state of being insistent
- Ottoman Turkish: اصرار (ısrar) — state of being insistent
- Ukrainian: наполе́гливість (napoléhlyvistʹ) — state of being insistent
- Ukrainian: насті́йність (nastíjnistʹ) — state of being insistent
- Ukrainian: насті́йливість (nastíjlyvistʹ) — state of being insistent
- Bulgarian: изискване (iziskvane) — urgent demand
- Catalan: insistència — urgent demand
- Czech: naléhání — urgent demand
- Czech: vyžadování — urgent demand
- Czech: domáhání se — urgent demand
- Finnish: vaatimus — urgent demand
- German: Dringlichkeit — urgent demand
- Spanish: insistencia — urgent demand
- Ukrainian: наполяга́ння (napoljahánnja) — urgent demand
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