Meanings
nouninsistency (countable and uncountable, plural insistencies)
plural insistencies
- countableuncountableThe quality of being insistent.
His son, Denardo Coleman, played drums with hard insistency, even bombast (at bright tempos, his ride-cymbal patterns were rivetlike), but he also kept closely attuned to the flow of improvisation.
2008 March 31, Nate Chinen, “Clear-Cut Case of the Blues, in a Bebop Mode”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of demanding notice or attention
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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MLA
“insistency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insistency. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insistency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insistency.
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