insistence

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

aandrang

aanhouden

volharding

Synoniemen

persistence

perseverance

insistency

determination

obstinacy

pressure

imperativeness

stubbornness

emphasis

urgency

claim

compulsion

persistency

instance

press

assertion

request

doggedness

insisting

pertinacity

contention

tenaciousness

tenacity

tenet

terror

toughness

urging

wish

zealousness

strong-willed

advocacy

adherence

stress

affirmation

confirmation

corroboration

cruelty

demand

duress

extortion

greed

importunate

importunity

insistent

judgement

necessity

opinion

persevering

pertinaciousness

pretension

Vertalingen

insistencia

insistance

insistència

Beharrlichkeit

instance

επιμονή

Insistenz

obstination

insistência

إصرار

pression

Festhalten

εμμονή

Beharren

Bestehen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɪstəns/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: insistence

Verwant aan Middelfrans: insistance

In summary

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance. Morphologically insist + -ence.