How to say "insistence" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 主張しゅちょうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for insistence as the act of asserting a claim or position — maintaining that something is so, as when someone insists on their opinion in an argument.
- 執着しゅうちゃくnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbSeldom the word you want for insistence: it really means attachment — an emotional fixation on something one cannot let go of — or adhesion; any insistence it conveys is tenacious clinging, not asserting a point.
- 力説りきせつnoun, suru verb, transitive verbInsistence as strongly stressing or arguing a point — pressing an argument emphatically for or against something. Fits when someone insists by emphasizing their case forcefully.
- 固執こしつnoun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbInsistence as stubbornly sticking to an opinion, theory, or belief and refusing to budge — persistence in holding a position rather than the act of asserting it.
Choose 主張 for insisting as asserting a claim, 力説 for emphatically stressing a point in argument, and 固執 for stubbornly sticking to an opinion or belief; 執着 is really attachment or adhesion, seldom the word for insistence.
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