persistence, insistence

persistence, insistence
إصرار \ persistence, insistence.

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  • Insistence — In*sist ence, n. The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • insistence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. demand, perseverance, importunity, emphasis; see persistence , urging . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The state or quality of being insistent: insistency, perseverance, persistence, persistency. See CONTINUE. 2. Urgent… …   English dictionary for students

  • insistence — Synonyms and related words: abetment, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, concentration, constancy, demandingness, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, encouragement, endurance, engrossment, exigency, fidelity, goading …   Moby Thesaurus

  • persistence — Synonyms and related words: abidingness, accordance, adhesiveness, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, calm, changelessness, cohesiveness, commitment, concentration, consistency, consonance,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • persistence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. steadfastness, tenacity, constancy, indefatigability, resolution, grit, stamina, pluck; see also endurance 2 . Ant. indifference*, indolence, idleness. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The state or quality of being… …   English dictionary for students

  • insistence — in sist·ence || ɪn sɪstÉ™ns n. act of insisting; quality of being insistent, persistence, perseverance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • insistence — n 1. emphasis, stress, pressure, importunity; underlining, underscoring, insisting; perseverance, persistence, insistency, determination, singleness of purpose, Inf. stick to it iveness, pertinacity, tenacity, tenaciousness, obstinacy. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • importunity — (n.) early 15c., persistence, insistence; over eagerness, from M.Fr. importunité (14c.), from L. importunitatem (nom. importunitas) unsuitableness; unmannerliness, incivility, from importunus unfit, troublesome (see IMPORTUNE (Cf. importune)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pertinacity — n 1. stubbornness, pigheadedness, bull headedness, mulishness, Inf. orneriness; obstinacy, Inf. cussedness, pervicaciousness; obdurateness, intractability, inflexibility, intransigence, intransigency; rigidity, will of iron, sternness, stiffness; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

  • France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

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