Meaning | Intended or having the power to induce action or belief. |
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Examples | - "persuasive eloquence"
- "a most persuasive speaker"
- "a persuasive argument"
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Narrower | coaxing, ingratiatory | pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade |
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cogent, telling, weighty | powerfully persuasive |
compelling | tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument |
glib, glib-tongued, smooth-tongued | artfully persuasive in speech |
See also | convincing | Causing one to believe the truth of something |
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Opposite | dissuasive | deterring from action |
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Spanish | convincente, persuasivo |
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Catalan | convincent, persuasiu |
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Nouns | persuasiveness | the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument / argument or entreaty |
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Adverbs | persuasively | in a persuasive manner |
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Verbs | persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
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persuade | win approval or support for |