Hypertext Webster Gateway: "persuasiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, n.
That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an
exhortation. -- {Per*sua"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Per*sua"sive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
persuasiveness
n : the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the
embracing of a point of view by means of argument or
entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the
matter" [syn: {strength}] [ant: {unpersuasiveness}]
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