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Answer for the clue "Urgently demanding attention ", 10 letters:
insistency

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Word definitions for insistency in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness , insistence , press , pressure ] urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
insistency \insistency\ n. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; insistence. Syn: imperativeness, insistence, press, pressure. 2. the quality of not being ignorable. Syn: imperativeness, insistence.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being insistent.

Usage examples of insistency.

For the first time Thag knew rebellion in his very clutches, and the ecstasy of that music which had dinned in Smith's ears so strongly that by now it seemed almost silence was swooping down a long are into wrath, and the branches tightened with hot insistency, lifting the rebellious offering into Thag's monstrous, indescribable bulk.

An enormous arcade of pinball wizards they passed up after staring for long moments like the most ignorant of country bumpkins and, farther along, the electronicized insistency of American rock V roll, a quicksilver pulse projecting from a music store's loudspeaker.