Insistence and Motive

Insistence

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

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

Motive noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Insistence and motive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Insistence" instead a noun "Motive".

special	special insistence	special motive
common	common insistence	common motive
initial	initial insistence	initial motive
strong	strong insistence	strong motive
Other adjectives: personal, apparent.

Played with in that Phoenix has provided good evidence that Von Karma is the killer, and the insistence of a motive was him clutching at straws, since he figured no one could prove the reason he did it.

Source: Motive Equals Conclusive Evidence
For all his insistence that he's The Atoner and his motive for uncovering the show's fraudulence is purely ethical, he seems to revel in the attention with little ability to distinguish between good fame and bad fame.

Source: Film / Quiz Show

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