noun

• The fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done.

  ‘Alison's insistence on doing the washing-up straight after the meal’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Their insistence on quality has struck a particularly strong chord with older customers.’
  • ‘What made Silicon Alley special was its insistence that content is king.’
  • ‘He is uncompromising in his insistence on seeing the world from his own perspective and never pandering to audiences.’
  • ‘Her insistence on confrontation led Sapphire to look for her mother.’
  • ‘The insistence is all the more remarkable as ministers currently have record amounts of funding from the taxpayer.’
  • ‘The rest of the clubs should wave them off with their blessing but with the firm insistence that they will never be allowed to return.’
  • ‘It is yet another symptom of our approach to technology, our insistence at robotic responses to human dilemmas.’
  • ‘Part of its appeal must stem from his bizarre insistence that while the plot is fiction, it is constructed on basic truths.’
  • ‘Its insistence on being granted unlimited access to Kashmir is a one-sided affair.’
  • ‘It was at his insistence that she had started learning music and he wanted her to take up classical singing.’
  • ‘The British insistence on the rule of law is not only right in principle, but is also proving safer in practice for our troops.’
  • ‘Her gift for melody, her insistence on shaping almost every piece as a song, gives her work a stamp of individuality.’
  • ‘No, this is indolence that is beyond even the animal kingdom in its insistence.’
  • ‘But the clubs' financial woes are exacerbated by their insistence on paying players.’
  • ‘Then there is his long-running and mysterious insistence on naming muscles.’
  • ‘There are those who thought he had backed away a bit from his insistence on fair trade.’
  • ‘The administration's insistence that things are on track and all it must do is stay the course is beginning to grate.’
  • ‘The palace's insistence that the visit is not publicised until two weeks before has also caused problems.’
  • ‘Now those talks, at the player's own insistence, will not take place until after the summer holidays.’
  • ‘What can be the explanation for this odd insistence on counterproductive policy?’

  Synonyms

  demand, bidding, command, dictate, instruction, requirement, request, entreaty, urging, exhortation, importuning

  assertion, declaration, contention, statement, claim, proclamation, announcement, pronouncement, assurance, attestation, affirmation, avowal, averment, profession, swearing, emphasis, stress

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