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nounsuasiveness (uncountable)
- rareuncountableThe 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 311Synonyms: suasion
- uncountablePersuasiveness.
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nounThe act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
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