persuasiveness

noun

as in effectiveness
the capacity to persuade the persuasiveness of her closing statement changed the minds of several jurors who had been leaning toward conviction

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Recent Examples of persuasiveness What gets funded should reflect the merits of the opportunity, not the persuasiveness of the person who built the deck. — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Blarney Castle is, of course, home to the legendary Blarney Stone—a block of limestone built into the castle that’s said to gift eloquence and persuasiveness to whoever kisses it. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026 That McDuffie is close—despite his low-key affect and late entry in the race—speaks more to apprehension about Lewis George than to the persuasiveness of his campaign. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 The beauty and persuasiveness of Claude’s response to Marks alone may be cause for skepticism, because personalization is one of Claude’s core product features. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 The study released Thursday is not the first to try to measure the persuasiveness of AI. — David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025 The film’s considerable power depends entirely on its moment-to-moment persuasiveness, on a set of narrative and aesthetic choices that, as presented—in a series of swift, kinetically composed, and jaggedly edited scenes—seldom feel like choices at all. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuasiveness
  1. effectiveness
  2. conclusiveness
  3. authority
  4. strength
Noun
  • Calcium and vitamin D are often supplemented together for bone health, but research shows mixed results on their effectiveness in improving bone mineral density or reducing fracture risk.
    — Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Milwaukee police officials have stood by the technology's effectiveness, despite months of criticism and two officers facing criminal charges for misuse of the system.
    — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of effectiveness
Noun
  • On Friday morning, Burke’s defense team tried to sow doubt about the conclusiveness of the autopsy conducted in the case.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Definition of conclusiveness
Noun
  • Local authorities say rules have been set by US authorities barring personnel from visiting cannabis dispensaries and taking part in watersports including jet skiing and parasailing.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said forensic evidence and intelligence findings tied Russia to the attack, in which authorities found a drone carrying an explosive device beside a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of authority
Noun
  • But the country's key stock benchmarks are struggling to reflect that strength, hinting at a festering disconnect between markets and the economy.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • She was invested in young women and keeping the door open for the next generation of leaders, and her advocacy was always about fighting for the strength, intelligence, and dignity of women everywhere.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of strength

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“Persuasiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persuasiveness. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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