cogency

[ koh-juhn-see ]

noun

1. the quality or state of being convincing or persuasive:

   The cogency of the argument was irrefutable.

Other Words From

• non·cogen·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cogency¹

First recorded in 1680–90; cog(ent) + -ency

Example Sentences

Unfortunately, Vermeulen lacked an air of cogency, most likely due to nerves, and was not as convincing.

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I have attended a few of his talks, which are blessed with cogency, wit, and deeply researched and clearly presented arguments.

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Burke would have agreed entirely, and admired the cogency of so few words.

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These do not lack cogency, but betray a kind of thought different from that of the friends.

From Project Gutenberg

But, like all oft-repeated truths, it has in time lost something of its actuality and cogency.

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This is the thought which underlies and gives cogency to the whole argument.

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What it can do, it does with a sharpness of effect and with a cogency of appeal no other art can rival.

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Weismann's demand for facts in support of the main proposition revealed at once that none having real cogency could be produced.

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