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persuasive
- /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
Where it comes from
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
adjective more persuasive · most persuasive
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Able to persuade; convincing.
But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
Similar: forcible, cogent, convincing, flexanimous, inducing, inducive, inductious, persuadable, persuading, persuasible, pleaful, psychagogic · Opposite: dehortative, dehortatory, dehorting, dissuading, dissuasive, retractive, unconvincing, unpersuasive
noun persuasives
- That which persuades; incitement. He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: convincing, ingratiatory, coaxing, smooth-tongued, compelling, glib, glib-tongued, convincingly, convinced, suasion, persuasion, impressive, credible, conviction, reassuring, satisfactory
Translations
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adj convincing
| Español | persuasivo, convincente, persuasor, persuasorio, suasorio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 有說服力的 /有说服力的 yǒu shuōfúlì de |
| Português | persuasivo, persuasível, convincente, persuasório |
| Français | persuasif, convaincant |
| Deutsch | überzeugend, Überredungs- |
| Ελληνικά | πειστικός peistikós |
| Română | convingător, persuasiv |
| Русский | убеди́тельный ubedítelʹnyj |
| العربية | مُقْنِع muqniʕ |
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title = {persuasive},
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