demandingnessn.
The quality or condition of being demanding.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or exacting
exactiveness1628
rigours1861
exactingness1866
demandingness1930
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency
instancec1340
importunityc1425
instancy1515
importunateness?1526
importunacy1548
importancea1555
importancy1576
opportunitya1586
urgencec1592
urgency1611
clamorousnessa1617
pressingness1661
precariousness1666
supplicancy1728
beseechingness1863
imploringness1863
pleadingness1866
demandingness1930
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > quality of
demandingness1930
1930 G. Greene Two Witnesses i. 18 This conception he held to the last, never shrinking from its austere demandingness.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female xv. 298 Conceited demandingness in a woman.
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