convincingness

English

Etymology

From convincing +‎ -ness.

Noun

convincingness (uncountable)

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.

Further reading

“convincingness”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
convincingness, persuasiveness at Google Ngram Viewer

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