insisting

insisting
noun
continual and persistent demands
Syn: ↑insistence
Derivationally related forms: ↑insist, ↑insistent (for: ↑insistence), ↑insist (for: ↑insistence)
Hypernyms: ↑demand
Hyponyms: ↑purism

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