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insistency

Noun

Meaning

the state of demanding notice or attention

the act of insisting on something

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Third, consider the insistency of an idea. The insistency of a past idea with reference to the present is a quantity which is less, the further back that past idea is, and rises to infinity as the past idea is brought up into coincidence with the present. Charles Sanders Peirce

Remember that a noble logical diagram, once recorded, will never die; long after we are gone, it will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Willis Polk

the insistence of their hunger Source: Internet

the press of business matters Source: Internet

insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position Source: Internet

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