stridency
noun
stri·den·cy
ˈstrī-dᵊn(t)-sē 
plural stridencies
: the quality or state of being strident
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But as Mandelman noted in an interview after, there are times when what some see as Wiener’s relentlessness comes off as stridency.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 May 2026
One filmmaker who did mention AI did so with stridency.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
But such readings can hardly account for the urgency, and occasional stridency, of le Carré’s post-Cold War novels.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
But his style is far from the stridency of provocateurs such as Candace Owens and Newsmax’s Trump apologists.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 May 2026
One filmmaker who did mention AI did so with stridency.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
But such readings can hardly account for the urgency, and occasional stridency, of le Carré’s post-Cold War novels.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
But his style is far from the stridency of provocateurs such as Candace Owens and Newsmax’s Trump apologists.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stridency
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“Stridency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stridency. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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