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insistence noun 1. demand, urging, command, pressing, dictate, entreaty, importunity, insistency She had attended an interview at his insistence. 2. assertion, claim, statement, declaration, contention, persistence, affirmation, pronouncement, reiteration, avowal, attestation her insistence that she wanted to dump her raunchy image Translations insistence [ɪnˈsɪstəns] N → insistencia f insistence that → insistencia en que, empeño en que his insistence that we should have a drink → su insistencia or su empeño en que tomásemos una copa his insistence that he had switched the light off → su insistencia or su empeño en que había apagado la luz at his/her insistence → ante su insistencia insistence on sth → insistencia en algo his insistence on punctuality → su insistencia en la puntualidad her great insistence on this point → su enorme insistencia or su enorme empeño en este punto insistence [ɪnˈsɪstəns] n → insistance f his insistence that → son insistance à vouloir que at sb's insistence → sous l'insistance de qn insistence on sth their insistence on the withdrawal of foreign troops from their territory → leur insistance sur le retrait des troupes étrangères de leur territoire the school's insistence on wearing uniform at all times → l'insistance de l'école sur le port de l'uniforme en toute circonstances insistence n → Bestehen nt (→ on auf +dat); the accused’s insistence on his innocence → die Unschuldsbeteuerungen des Angeklagten; in spite of his insistence that he was right → trotz seiner beharrlichen Behauptung, recht zu haben; I did it at his insistence → ich tat es auf sein Drängen, ich tat es, weil er darauf bestand; I can’t understand his insistence on using or the use of oil → ich kann nicht verstehen, warum er darauf besteht, dass Öl benutzt wird insistence [ɪnˈsɪst/əns] n → insistenza at her insistence → dietro sua insistenza, perché lei ha insistito (molto) insistence [ɪnˈsɪst/əns] n → insistenza at her insistence → dietro sua insistenza, perché lei ha insistito (molto) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This claim, verified for Jews in the restoration of Zion and for Christians in the life of Jesus, is a deeply inscrutable claim that speaks powerfully against common worldly insistencies that suffering is a dead end with no future and that there is no newness, only endless derivations. I don't believe your jagged, searching lines were ever interrupted with cries of babies, wars perhaps, but not the small domestic insistencies. Even more excruciatingly, the black intellectual finds that while he is "Respected by the people, he himself could not completely respect them,for their way of life appeared to defy the cultural insistencies of his education, which in turn represented to him the proof of his own dignity and worth" (14). |
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