Someone's insistence on something is the fact that they insist that it should be done or insist that it is the case.
...Raeder's insistence that naval uniform be worn.
He admired your insistence on understanding things and making your point.
She had attended an interview, at her boyfriend's insistence.
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Synonyms: demand, urging, command, pressing More Synonyms of insistence
More Synonyms of insistence
insistence in American English
(ɪnˈsɪstəns)
Word forms: pluralinˈsistencies
noun
1.
the quality of being insistent
2.
the act or an instance of insisting
Also inˈsistencyWord forms: pluralinˈsistencies
Examples of 'insistence' in a sentence
insistence
Downing has not left, despite his desire to play more regularly and his manager 's insistence that he was available.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was only installed at government insistence.
Asimov, Isaac The Complete Stories Volume 2 (1995)
Perhaps of most importance was his insistence that he be given total control of the team.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is by a dogged insistence on the common criminality of violence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This may or may not sit comfortably with his noisy insistence that governments need to meet their own fiduciary duties.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That said, there seems to be a stubborn insistence little should change.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But they were only at the manager 's insistence!
The Sun (2007)
More profoundly, this insistence on the importance of distrust is eating away at our society.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is something rather grand about his pride and dogged insistence upon his Liberal identity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Rather it lies in his insistence on the importance of actors' deliberations for at least some of their actions.
Hindess, Barry Choice, Rationality, and Social Theory (1988)
He became well-known for his insistence upon the importance of prayer and many people came to consult him in his humble cell.
Martin Manser COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS (2004)
After leaving school, she attended secretarial college at her father 's insistence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The report criticised the Government 's insistence that internet security is the responsibility of the individual.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Government's insistence that jobseekers do unpaid work in exchange for benefits is bang on.
The Sun (2014)
I took no view, but always felt uncomfortable that his dogged insistence on his innocence should count against him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then, at the insistence of his father, he worked for three years training to be anaccountant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The government 's insistence that all workers are paid the standard wage of $20 a month makes it hard to incentivise staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His insistence on the importance of charity acknowledged, in fact, that there would always be rich and poor in this life.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
The cost of complying with red tape is rising for small businesses, despite government insistence that it has overhauledthousands of regulations, a business group has said.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
insistence
British English: insistence NOUN
Someone's insistence on something is the fact that they insist that it should be done.
...his insistence that naval uniform be worn.
American English: insistence
Brazilian Portuguese: insistência
Chinese: 坚持
European Spanish: insistencia
French: insistance
German: Bestehen
Italian: insistenza
Japanese: 強要
Korean: 주장
European Portuguese: insistência
Latin American Spanish: insistencia
Chinese translation of 'insistence'
insistence
(ɪnˈsɪstəns)
n(u)
坚(堅)决(決)主张(張) (jiānjué zhǔzhāng)
at his insistence经(經)他坚(堅)决(決)要求 (jīng tā jiānjué yāoqiú)
his insistence on sth/doing sth他坚(堅)决(決)主张(張)某事/做某事 (tā jiānjué zhǔzhāng mǒushì/zuò mǒushì)
1 (noun)
She had attended an interview at his insistence.
Synonyms
demand
urging
command
The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop.
pressing
dictate
They must abide by the dictates of the new government.
entreaty
They have resisted all entreaties to pledge their support for the campaign.
importunity
insistency
2 (noun)
her insistence that she wanted to change her image
Synonyms
assertion
assertions that the recession is truly over
claim
There is no evidence to support her claim that her son was injured.
statement
declaration
declarations of undying love
contention
Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
persistence
affirmation
The ministers issued a robust affirmation of their faith in the system.
pronouncement
the President's latest pronouncement about the protection of minorities
reiteration
avowal
He made an avowal to set himself right once again.
attestation
Additional synonyms
in the sense of affirmation
The ministers issued a robust affirmation of their faith in the system.
Synonyms
declaration,
statement,
assertion,
oath,
certification,
pronouncement,
avowal,
asseveration (formal),
averment
in the sense of avowal
He made an avowal to set himself right once again.
Synonyms
statement,
allegation,
recognition,
profession,
declaration,
maintenance,
assertion,
oath,
affirmation,
proclamation,
asseveration (formal),
averment
in the sense of claim
Definition
an assertion of something as true or real
There is no evidence to support her claim that her son was injured.