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Noun: imperativeness  im'pe-ru-tiv-nus
  1. The state of demanding notice or attention
    "the imperativeness of their hunger"
    - insistence, insistency, press, pressure
     
  2. The quality of being insistent
    "he pressed his demand with considerable imperativeness"
    - instancy [archaic]

Derived forms: imperativenesses

See also: imperative

Type of: urgency

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