insistence

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈsɪstəns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪnˈsɪstəns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(in sis′təns)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•sis•tence /ɪnˈsɪstəns/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. the act of insisting:She finished the work at the boss's insistence.
  2. the state or quality of being insistent:The insistence in her voice made me look up.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•sist•ence  (in sis′təns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act or fact of insisting.
  2. the quality of being insistent.
  • insist + -ence 1605–15

'insistence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
importune - purism - satyagraha - can - insistency - Kuhn - maieutic - press - push - ritualism - urgency - urgent - sect - self-assertion - spiritualism

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