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The power of argument or evidence to cause belief
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convincingness
Word definitions for convincingness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being convincing.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Convincingness \Con*vin"cing*ness\, n. The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.
Usage examples of convincingness.
The Modern Masters The best horror-tales of today, profiting by the long evolution of the type, possess a naturalness, convincingness, artistic smoothness, and skilful intensity of appeal quite beyond comparison with anything in the Gothic work of a century or more ago.
For a little while he seemed to be on the verge of some serious nervous derangement, walking up and down with fierce, jerky movements, throwing out crazy statements, coming back again and again to the diabolical convincingness of the dream—which my revelation seemed to have intensified for him—and finally breaking down into vague appeals for help.
He addressed the three earnestly and to the point in their native tongue, after which the trio exchanged furtive, uneasy glances, a tribute to the convincingness of what Ham had told them concerning their future prospects.