insistence
nounfeminine/ĩsiʃtẽsjɐ/medium
in·sis·tên·ci·a
Definition
The action or quality of insisting; stubborn perseverance in a request, argument, or action.
With so much insistence, he finally convinced the boss to give him the project.
His insistence on talking about the subject became tiresome.
Common collocations
with insistenceto ask with insistenceto persist with insistencedogged insistence
Etymology
Do latim 'insistentia', de 'insistere' ('persistir').