| insistence | (n) continual and persistent demands, Syn. insisting |
| insistence | (n) the act of insisting on something, Syn. insistency, Example: insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position |
| insistent | (adj) repetitive and persistent, Syn. repetitive, Example: the bluejay's insistent cry |
| insistently | (adv) in an insistent manner |
| clamant | (adj) demanding attention; ; ; - H.L.Mencken, Syn. exigent, crying, instant, insistent, Example: clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous; insistent hunger; an instant need |
| imperativeness | (n) the state of demanding notice or attention, Syn. insistency, pressure, insistence, press, Example: the insistence of their hunger; the press of business matters |
| Insistence | n. The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| insistency | n. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence. Syn. -- imperativeness, insistence, press, pressure. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. the quality of not being ignorable. Syn. -- imperativeness, insistence. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| Insistent | a. [ L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Insisting; persistent; persevering. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) See Incumbent. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Insistently | adv. In an insistent manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 主張 | [しゅちょう, shuchou] (n, vs) claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet; (P) #885 [Add to Longdo] |
| 執拗 | [しつよう, shitsuyou] (adj-na) persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn #11,861 [Add to Longdo] |
| 固執 | [こしつ(P);こしゅう, koshitsu (P); koshuu] (n, vs) adherence (e.g. to ideas, beliefs, a pet theory) (negative nuance); persistence; insistence; stubbornness; (P) #15,742 [Add to Longdo] |
| しつこい(P);しつっこい | [shitsukoi (P); shitsukkoi] (adj-i) (1) insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious; (2) too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 阿漕ぎ;阿漕 | [あこぎ, akogi] (adj-na, n) greed; cruelty; insistent; insistence [Add to Longdo] |
| 強弁 | [きょうべん, kyouben] (n, vs) insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence [Add to Longdo] |
| 固持 | [こじ, koji] (n, vs) insistence (positive nuance); persistence; strong-willed [Add to Longdo] |
| 貸し剥がし;貸しはがし | [かしはがし, kashihagashi] (n) withdrawal of loan credit (e.g. by a bank); retraction of credit; insistence on repayment [Add to Longdo] |
| 無理強い | [むりじい, murijii] (n, vs) compulsion; insistence; pressure; extortion [Add to Longdo] |
| 力説 | [りきせつ, rikisetsu] (n, vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress; (P) [Add to Longdo] |