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Vinony

persuasiveness

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɜ(ɹ)ˈsweɪ.sɪv.nəs/

noun

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.”