insistency
Unwavering urgent pressure
Insistency is the quality of being insistent—persistent, emphatic, or urgent.
It describes the force behind repeated demands or unwavering pressure: the insistency of her questions, the insistency of the rain against the windows.
The word is less common than insistence, which carries the same meaning.
Persistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
- pertinacityResolute, stubborn persistence
steadfastness · relentlessness · unwavering · resolve · constancy · assiduity · single-mindedness · importunity
Pressing need for action
- pressureForce upon contact
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- vehemenceForceful emotional passion
importunity · pressing · entreaty · solicitation · exigency · compulsion · imperativeness · peremptoriness
Refusal to compromise
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
unyieldingness · recalcitrance · willfulness · contrariness · mulishness · rigidity · hardheadedness · implacability
tenacity
Persistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
pertinacity · steadfastness · relentlessness · unwavering · resolve · constancy · assiduity · single-mindedness · importunity · pressing
urgency
Pressing need for action
- pressureForce upon contact
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
vehemence · importunity · pressing · entreaty · solicitation · exigency · compulsion · imperativeness · peremptoriness · pushiness
intransigence
Refusal to compromise
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
inflexibility · unyieldingness · recalcitrance · willfulness · contrariness · mulishness · rigidity · hardheadedness · implacability · opinionatedness
insistencyacquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
yielding · submission · deference · compliance · passivity
insistencyabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
capitulation · surrender · relenting · giving up · wavering