convincingness

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English

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Etymology

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From convincing +‎ -ness.

Noun

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convincingness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being convincing.
    Synonym: persuasiveness
    • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 4, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
      The substance of the note was wholly insane, yet the manner of expression—in view of all that had gone before—had a grimly potent quality of convincingness.

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