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insistence

noun
/ɪnˈsɪstəns/

Etymology

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance. Morphologically insist + -ence.

  1. derived from insister — “to insist”
  2. inherited from insistence

Definitions

  1. The state of being insistent.

    • He made gourd-rattles (known in ever so many parts of the world) in which he rattled dried seeds or small pebbles with a most beguiling and rain-like insistence[.]
    • The extreme depth of these channels, and the insistence of the Board of Trade on a headway of 150 ft. for the unrestricted passage of large ships, necessitated a high bridge with two main spans, and a central pier on Inchgarvie.

  2. An urgent demand.

  3. The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.

The neighborhood

Derived

overinsistence, uninsistence

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at insistence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at insistence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at insistence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA