suasiveness
English
Noun
suasiveness (uncountable)
- (rare) The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
- 1987, S. K. Heninger Jr., "Words and Meter in Spenser and Scaliger," The Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 311,
- 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," The Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 311,
- Persuasiveness.
Synonyms
- (persuasion): suasion
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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