persuasiveness

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persuasiveness

/pɜ(ɹ)ˈsweɪ.sɪv.nəs/ UK

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* persuasive + -ness

noun

uncountable The capability of a person or argument to convince or persuade someone to accept a desired way of thinking. By using the utmost tact and persuasiveness, he was inducing his uncle to cough up very grudgingly a small quarterly allowance.
Similar: cogency, convincingness

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noun capability to persuade

Ελληνικά	πειστικότητα peistikótita
Русский	убеди́тельность ubedítelʹnostʹ

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@misc{persuasiveness_2026,
  title = {persuasiveness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/persuasiveness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}