CONVINCINGNESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

convincingness

noun

as in effectiveness

the capacity to persuade he spoke with such convincingness that we never dreamed he was lying

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Noun

The Policy Analysis Market (PAM) designed by Polk’s research firm, Net Exchange, for DARPA’s Information Awareness Office was one of many answers to questions raised about the effectiveness of US intelligence following 9/11.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Beauty’s average audience size declined 30% year over year, while content performance slipped 1%, suggesting that effectiveness increasingly depends on creator quality rather than quantity.

— Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of effectiveness

Noun

The analyst then used the AI to formalize its conclusions into a conventional military intelligence report without double- or triple-checking the validity of its conclusions.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
On September 25, the blue state AGs have to respond to a motion from red state Iowa and Montana to take the validity of the antitrust suit to the Supreme Court.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of validity

Noun

And although American vagrancy laws were deemed unconstitutionally vague and overturned in 1972, police maintained the authority to make arrests based on suspicious types of nonaction.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Michael Buschbacher, a partner at the law firm Boyden Gray, said states do now and will still have authority over mitigating climate change and greenhouse gas emissions within their own borders.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of authority

Noun

The persuasiveness of these efforts, however, is diminished when a WRO is modified without transparency and despite readily accessible evidence indicating that conditions for the workers have not truly improved.

— Charity Ryerson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
What gets funded should reflect the merits of the opportunity, not the persuasiveness of the person who built the deck.

— Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of persuasiveness

Noun

Anton’s investment in The Creatives reinforces the financial strength of the group and provides additional access to equity financing.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Yet Washington remains focused on containing China’s rise rather than investing in the strengths of America and our allies.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

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