insistence
/ɪnˈsɪstəns/ noun [U]Definition
DEMAND › when you demand that something must be done or that you must have a particular thing: [+ that] his insistence that his children should have a good education Clare's insistence on a vegetarian diet caused arguments with her mother.
SAYING SOMETHING IS TRUE › when you say firmly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you: [+ that] Jane was in trouble despite her insistence that she had done nothing wrong.
(Definition of insistence noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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