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adjective
1.
earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
2.
compelling attention or notice: an insistent tone.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent
1615–25; < Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent
Related forms
in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
non·in·sist·ent, adjective
o·ver·in·sist·ent, adjective
o·ver·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
qua·si-in·sist·ent, adjective
EXPANDqua·si-in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
su·per·in·sist·ent, adjective
su·per·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
un·in·sist·ent, adjective
un·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
- It changed her thinking about how to apply to schools, but otherwise she remained insistent.
- So do the calling, commanding ocean and insistent reminders of a shared geological history.
- There appears to be only one person who is insistent that he wants compensation for the animals he has lost.
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