insistency

The state or quality of demanding attention or insisting on something; an instance of insisting.

• 🇵🇹Estado ou qualidade de exigir atenção ou de insistir em algo; ato de insistir.

1. Demand for attention C1 formal

   The quality of demanding or requiring notice or consideration.

   • The insistency of the alarm finally woke him up.
   • There was an insistency in her voice that made everyone listen.
   • The problem's insistency could no longer be ignored.

   🇵🇹Exigência de atenção

   Sinônimos: imperativenessinsistencepressurgency

2. Persistent assertion C1 formal

   The act of firmly maintaining or demanding something, often repeatedly.

   • His insistency on following the rules slowed down the process.
   • Despite their insistency, she refused to change her mind.
   • The lawyer's insistency on a fair trial was commendable.

   🇵🇹Insistência

   Sinônimos: assertiondemandimportunityinsistencepersistence

   Antônimos: apathyindifferencereluctanceunconcern