imperativeness

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imperativeness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]