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persuasibility

persuasibility

7.5
How well something like a speech or ad makes people agree
  • noun
  • /pərˌsweɪzəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : persuasibilidad
  • The persuasibility of the advertisement was evident, as many people felt compelled to buy the product after seeing it.

Examples

  • The team's success relied on the persuasibility of their leader, who could convince skeptics to support their plans.

  • The relative persuasibility that is attributed to youth and the stability of attitude and disengagement that is attributed to increasing age were also evident in the present results.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Her strong arguments demonstrated the persuasibility of her audience, leading them to reconsider their positions.

Synonyms

strength
vspersuasibility
23 4.1

How convincing an idea, argument, or reason is

measures persuasive effect in general rather than argument force alone
plausibility
vspersuasibility
11 7.0

How likely something is to be true

relates to making people accept a claim rather than just seeming likely
believability
vspersuasibility
5 3.7

How much something seems true or real to people

is about causing agreement rather than merely seeming credible
persuasiveness
vspersuasibility
1 5.2

Ability to make someone believe or do something

measures the degree something can get others to accept ideas
cogency
vspersuasibility
  • Formal
1 7.2

A clear, logical, and convincing quality that makes people accept an idea

is broader, covering any ability to make others agree, not only logic
convincibility
vspersuasibility
1 7.7

Ability to make others believe or accept an idea

is the general measure of how well ideas make others agree
convincingness
vspersuasibility
7.1

The ability to make someone believe something is true

focuses on overall capacity to make people accept a claim
credibleness
vspersuasibility
6.6

How believable and trustworthy something is

emphasizes actual ability to make people accept something rather than trust
plausibleness
vspersuasibility
7.0

How likely something seems to be true

focuses on the power to produce agreement rather than mere appearance

Antonyms

Not able to produce the result you want

How Persuasive

forcefulness
2 5.1
persuasibility
7.5
effectiveness
140 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

persuasibility = persuasible (opaque) = persuade + ity

Formed from 'persuasible' + '-ity', which normally yields the quality of being able to be persuaded.

Etymology

Persuasibility comes from the common word persuade, built from per- 'thoroughly' and suadere 'to advise'. So the persuasibility of a speech or ad is how well it can make people accept an idea, or how 'thoroughly advised' they become by it.