Persuasiveness

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The capability of a person or argument to convince or persuade someone to accept a desired way of thinking. uncountable

    "By using the utmost tact and persuasiveness, he was inducing his uncle to cough up very grudgingly a small quarterly allowance."

  2. 2
    the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty wordnet

Synonyms

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cogencycogencyconvincingnessconvincingnessstrength

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"By using the utmost tact and persuasiveness, he was inducing his uncle to cough up very grudgingly a small quarterly allowance."

Etymology

* persuasive + -ness

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