persuasiveness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɜ(ɹ)ˈsweɪ.sɪv.nəs/ (UK)
Etymology
* persuasive + -ness
Meanings
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(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.
1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
Relateds
persuasive · persuade · persuasively
Synonyms
Translations (4)
cs přesvědčivost (capability to persuade) · el πειστικότητα (capability to persuade) · uk переко́нливість (capability to persuade) · ru убеди́тельность (capability to persuade)