Argument and Insistence

Argument

Argument noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.

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Insistence and argument are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insistence" instead a noun "Argument".

Insistence noun - A solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something.

Usage example: a continued insistence that there was a massive cover-up by the government

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Argument and insistence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Argument" instead a noun "Insistence".

long	long argument	long insistence
usual	usual argument	usual insistence
common	common argument	common insistence
public	public argument	public insistence
Other adjectives: small, strong, huge, angry, subsequent.

Just a Machine: Commander Maddox's insistence (and Riker's legal argument) is that Data is no different from a starship computer, which does not get to decide when to be refit, turned off, or taken out of service.

Source: Recap / Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E9 "The Measure of a Man"

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