insistence Definition
in·sist·ence (in sis′təns)
noun
- the quality of being insistent
- the act or an instance of insisting
insistence Synonyms
insistence Usage Examples
Possessives
- government: However, the Government's insistence on linking the two could seriously damage the success of the ' regional project ' .
- management: AUT members at Brunel University are today preparing to take industrial action after management's insistence on pushing through unfair job cuts.
- mother: Cynthia Darling Michael is driven to distraction by an overbearing mother's insistence that her healthy daughter is ill.
- administration: Thus, the administration's insistence that it will only be ' months ' before testing abrogates the treaty is hard to understand.
Preposition: on
- unity: What risks are involved in adopting and defending an insistence on unity such as that implied by the ' One London ' campaign?
- importance: A particularly significant instance of this was Kuhn's insistence on the importance of the history of science for philosophy of science.
- nature: P's insistence on the relative nature of concepts is as clear ( for me ) as a diamond.
- standard: Our insistence on the highest ethical standards makes us a company customers want to do business with.
- need: The slippages have undermined Richard Granger's original insistence on the need for speed and his vow to avoid " scope creep " .
- value: With the publishing emphasis comes an insistence on hands-on values.
Adjective modifier
- dogmatic: Dropping the dogmatic insistence on a private company is a good start.
- stubborn: In her stubborn insistence on significance, Padel misses seduction entirely.
- repeated: Items only received attention after repeated insistence by officers.
- continued: In this report the continued insistence on this test shows the fallacy of judging the system by the wrong mark of efficacy.
- absolute: Due to her absolute insistence the student questionnaires were produced.
- s: Jayne has expressed anger at Big Brother ' s insistence that she be uncharacteristically subdued.
Converse of object
- increase: Now he needed to find a way to put off his family's increasing insistence that he find a husband.
- have: Close games are won by selfish players and James doesn't yet have the insistence of a star.
- give: Given Jesus' insistence that he was to be identified with Elijah it is probable that John did not realize his own significance.
Noun used with modifier
government: The price of British government insistence upon a monopoly of force comes at a high social cost.
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