persuasiveness

English

Etymology

• persuasive +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɜ(ɹ)ˈsweɪ.sɪv.nəs/

Noun

persuasiveness (uncountable)

1. The capability of a person or argument to convince or persuade someone to accept a desired way of thinking.
   • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:

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

Synonyms

• cogency
• convincingness

Related terms

• persuade
• persuasive
• persuasively

Translations

capability to persuade

• Czech: přesvědčivost (cs) n
• Greek: πειστικότητα (el) f (peistikótita)
• Russian: убеди́тельность (ru) f (ubedítelʹnostʹ)
• Ukrainian: переко́нливість f (perekónlyvistʹ)