convincingness

English

Etymology

From convincing +‎ -ness.

Noun

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.

Further reading

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