insistence

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French insistance

Noun

insistence (countable and uncountable, plural insistences)

1. The state of being insistent.
2. An urgent demand.
3. (fencing) The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Related terms

• insist

Translations

state of being insistent

• Bulgarian: настойчивост (bg) f (nastojčivost)
• Catalan: insistència f
• French: insistance (fr) f
• German: Beharrlichkeit (de) f, Insistenz (de) f, Eindringlichkeit (de) f
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• Romanian: insistență (ro) f
• Russian: насто́йчивость (ru) f (nastójčivostʹ)
• Spanish: insistencia (es) f

urgent demand

• Bulgarian: изискване (bg) n (iziskvane)
• Catalan: insistència f
• German: Dringlichkeit (de) f
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• Spanish: insistencia (es) f