1. (

• insistence ,
• insisting

) continual and persistent demands ;

2. (

• imperativeness ,
• insistence ,
• insistency ,
• press ,
• pressure

) the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" ;

3. (

• insistence ,
• insistency

) the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position" ;