persuasiveness

persuasiveness
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.


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  • persuasiveness — index inducement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • persuasiveness — n. the persuasiveness to + inf. (she has enough persuasiveness to convince anyone) * * * the persuasiveness to + inf. (she has enough persuasiveness to convince anyone) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • persuasiveness — persuasive ► ADJECTIVE 1) good at persuading someone to do or believe something. 2) providing sound reasoning or argument. DERIVATIVES persuasively adverb persuasiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Persuasiveness — Persuasive Per*sua sive, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. {Per*sua sive*ly}, adv. {Per*sua sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • persuasiveness — noun see persuasive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • persuasiveness — See persuasively. * * * …   Universalium

  • persuasiveness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. control, forcefulness, strength; see influence 2 , power 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • persuasiveness — per sua·sive·ness || pÉ™r sweɪsɪvnɪs /pÉ™ n. convincingness, inductiveness, ability to persuade …   English contemporary dictionary

  • persuasiveness — n 1. invitingness, temptingness, seductiveness, alluringness, attractiveness. 2. plausibility, tenability, credibility, believability; logicality, soundness, validity; cogency, tellingness, effectiveness, efficacy, efficaciousness; convincingness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • persuasiveness — per·sua·sive·ness …   English syllables

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