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suasiveness

suasiveness noun: the act of urging or influencing; persuasion.

Noun

suasiveness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
    • Protestant poets, however, wishing to proselytize, shunned esotericism and emphasized revelation rather than concealment. They spoke with utmost clarity for the purpose of suasiveness on a wide scale.1987, S. K. Heninger Jr., “Words and Meter in Spenser and Scaliger”, in The Huntington Library Quarterly, volume 50, number 3, page 311
    Synonyms:
    suasion
  2. Persuasiveness.

Synonyms of suasiveness

Origin of suasiveness

From suasive + -ness.

Questions about suasiveness

What does suasiveness mean?
Suasiveness means the act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
What part of speech is suasiveness?
Suasiveness is a noun.

Words near suasiveness in the dictionary

  1. suasible
  2. suasion
  3. suasions
  4. suasive
  5. suasively
  6. suasiveness
  7. suasorian
  8. suasory
  9. Suastegui
  10. Suasteguis
  11. suastica

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