Certain and Insistent

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Certain adjective - Known but not named.

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Insistent and certain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insistent" instead an adjective "Certain".

Nearby Words: certainty, certainly

Insistent adjective - Continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.

Usage example: Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control

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Certain and insistent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certain" instead an adjective "Insistent".

And there is a certain overly insistent wizard who wants his stolen artifact back from you, and then some more.

Source: Staying Alive
Gavin was insistent it was someone from The Addams Family, while everyone else was certain that this was another case of Gav being a Cloudcuckoolander.

Source: Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?
Insistent Terminology: Throughout the books, the narrator (and/or some of the characters) would mention that a certain word or phrase has a different name or replacement altogether.

Source: Literature / Melvin Beederman: Superhero

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