Definition of Overinsistent

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overinsistent

overinflation
overinflations
overinfluence
overinfluenced
overinfluences
overinfluencing
overinform
overinformed
overinforming
overinforms
overing
overingenious
overingenuities
overingenuity
overinhibited
overinsistent (current term)
overinsure
overinsured
overinsures
overinsuring
overintellectual
overintellectualise
overintellectualised
overintellectualises
overintellectualising
overintellectualize
overintellectualized
overintellectualizes
overintellectualizing
overintense

Literary usage of Overinsistent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"... on by agitators of their own race and are overinsistent in their demands; that they resent imaginary insults and are generally supersensitive. 6. ..."

2. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"... are egged on by agitators of their own race and are overinsistent in their demands; that they resent imaginary insults and are generally supersensitive. ..."

3. Selected Articles on the Recall: Including the Recall of Judges and Judicial by Edith M. Phelps (1915)
"Distorted and exaggerated conceptions disseminated by men of one idea or by men overinsistent on their own personal interests, or overexcited by ..."

4. The Making of Personality by Bliss Carman (1908)
"The lack of an ideal of symmetrical culture is to blame for such imperfect maturity as we find for example in persons who exhibit an overinsistent instinct ..."

5. Agricultural Economics by Henry Charles Taylor (1919)
"... with his suggestions nor overinsistent upon his own notions being followed in detail. A nagging landlord makes the day long and the work tiresome. ..."

6. Missionary Ammunition for the Exclusive Use of Pastors (1916)
"Some of these seem so blatant and inconsiderate as to suggest a danger that his pulpit shall become a mere phonograph for overinsistent and unrelated ..."

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