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cogencies

cogencies is the plural of cogency.

Meaning of cogency

Noun

cogency (countable and uncountable, plural cogencies)

  1. The state of being cogent; the characteristic or quality of being reasonable and persuasive.
    • All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest.1781, Samuel Johnson, “Addison”, in Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, volume 5, London: J. Nichols, page 156

Questions about cogencies

What is cogencies the plural of?
Cogencies is the plural of cogency.

Words near cogencies in the dictionary

  1. cogee
  2. cogees
  3. cogen
  4. cogence
  5. cogences
  6. cogencies
  7. cogency
  8. cogender
  9. cogener
  10. cogenerate
  11. cogenerated

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