Word Study
insistence
CIDE DICTIONARY
insistence, n.
The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
insistence
abetment, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, concentration, constancy, demandingness, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, encouragement, endurance, engrossment, exigency, fidelity, goading, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistency, instance, loyalty, needling, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, pressing, pressingness, pressure, pricking, prodding, relentlessness, resolution, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, spurring, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, urgency, urgingFor further exploring for "insistence" in Webster Dictionary Online