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单词 persuasiveness
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persuasivenessn.

Brit. /pəˈsweɪsᵻvnᵻs/, /pəˈsweɪzᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /pərˈsweɪsɪvnᵻs/, /pərˈsweɪzɪvnᵻs/
Forms: see persuasive adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: persuasive adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < persuasive adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier persuasion n.
The quality of being persuasive; the power of persuasion.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > persuasiveness
motion1533
persuasion1540
rhetoric1569
Suada1592
persuasiveness1611
suasiveness1727
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Persuasibilità Perswasiuenesse.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 11 The best perswasiveness of his flattery, consisted in down-right arguments of gold, and silver.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 21 (note) Nestor's Eloquence..consisted in Softness and Persuasiveness.
1790 J. Adams Woman 267 Calista would soothe her Cleon with a delicate persuasiveness.
1820 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Aug. in Writings (1984) 1436 An eloquence and persuasiveness which have not been surpassed.
1881 W. Collins Black Robe i. iv. 164 There was a tender persuasiveness in her tones.
1936 E. Underhill Worship xii. 251 Gazing on the Saints in their manifest humanity, their heroic virtue and ‘spiritual persuasiveness’.
1991 Atlantic Dec. 124/3 The persuasiveness of thoughtless, unsubstantiated attacks on feminism was a tribute to the force of repetition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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