In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
INSISTENCY
insistence, insistency
(noun) the act of insisting on something; “insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position”
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention; “the insistence of their hunger”; “the press of business matters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
insistency (countable and uncountable, plural insistencies)
The quality of being insistent.
Source: Wiktionary
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