persuasiveness
nounUK /pɜ(ɹ)ˈsweɪ.sɪv.nəs/
Etymology * persuasive + -ness
1
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:
- Synonyms
- cogency, convincingness
- Related terms
- persuade, persuasive, persuasively