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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of demanding notice or attention;
- Example: "the insistence of their hunger"
- Example: "the press of business matters"
[syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure]

2. the quality of being insistent;
- Example: "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy"
[syn: imperativeness, instancy]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

imperativeness
    n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence
         of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn:
         imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press,
         pressure]
    2: the quality of being insistent; "he pressed his demand with
       considerable instancy" [syn: imperativeness, instancy]