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insistence

 noun
     
in‧sis‧tence [uncountable]
when you demand that something should happen and refuse to let anyone say no
insistence that
his insistence that they discuss the problem
insistence on
an insistence on punctuality
at somebody's insistence (=because someone insisted)
At her father's insistence, she joined them for a drink.
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