Insistence Definition & Meaning

insistence
noun
  1. continual and persistent demands
  2. the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
  3. the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"

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