insistence
    n 1: continual and persistent demands [syn: insistence,
         insisting]
    2: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence
       of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn:
       imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press,
       pressure]
    3: the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical
       correctness is a conservative position" [syn: insistence,
       insistency]

Insistence \In*sist"ence\, n.
   The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the
   act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence;
   urgency.
   [1913 Webster]