Insistence Definition

insistəns
noun
The quality of being insistent.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of insisting.
Webster's New World

The state of being insistent.

Wiktionary

An urgent demand.

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(fencing) The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.

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Noun

Singular:
insistence
Plural:
insistences

Origin of Insistence

Insistence Sentence Examples

  • The only thing that seemed to click was Evelyn's insistence that there were no spiders.

  • Originally a follower of Hegel, he turned to Fichte and Beneke (q.v.), with whose insistence on psychology as the basis of all philosophy he fully agreed.

  • He searched her features with his gaze, not understanding her strange insistence that she was really dead.

  • Another doctrine of the Stoics which has interest in the light of certain modern developments is their insistence on the place of the in knowledge.

  • The most distinctive characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church, at least as contrasted with the various Protestant communions, is its vigorous insistence on the principle of ecclesiastical authority.

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Words Starting With

IININS

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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