insistencenoun [ U ]
uk/ɪnˈsɪs.təns/us/ɪnˈsɪs.təns/an occasion when you demand something and refuse to accept opposition, or when you say firmly that something is true:
Insistence on better working conditions by the union has resulted in fewer employee absences.
At her father's insistence, Amelia's been moved into a new class.
[ + that ] Her insistence that she should have the best room annoyed everyone.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stressing & emphasizing
- accent
- accentuate
- drive
- emphasis
- emphatic
- freaking
- fronting
- gloss
- hammer
- hammer sth home idiom
- howling
- impress sth on/upon sb
- place
- play
- play sth up
- point
- point sth out
- point sth up
- should
- underline
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