INSISTENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insistency mean? 

• INSISTENCY (noun)
  The noun INSISTENCY has 2 senses:

1. the state of demanding notice or attention

2. the act of insisting on something

  Familiarity information: INSISTENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSISTENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of demanding notice or attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

imperativeness; insistence; insistency; press; pressure

Context example:

the press of business matters

Hypernyms ("insistency" is a kind of...):

urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)

Derivation:

insistent (demanding attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of insisting on something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

insistence; insistency

Context example:

insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position

Hypernyms ("insistency" is a kind of...):

advocacy; protagonism (active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something)