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/koh"jeuhn see/, n.the quality or state of being convincing or persuasive: The cogency of the argument was irrefutable.[1680-90; COG(ENT) + -ENCY]
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Cogency — Co gen*cy, n. [See {Cogent}.] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. [1913 Webster] An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cogency — index force (strength), strength Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cogency — 1680s, from COGENT (Cf. cogent) + CY (Cf. cy) … Etymology dictionary
cogency — [n] effectiveness bearing, concern, connection, conviction, convincingness, force, forcefulness, pertinence, point, potency, power, punch, relevance, strength, validity, validness; concepts 376,676 Ant. impotence, ineffectiveness, invalidity,… … New thesaurus
cogency — [kō′jən sē] n. [ML cogencia] the quality or condition of being cogent; power to convince … English World dictionary
Cogency — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Cogency (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on cogency instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/cogency … Wikipedia
cogency — noun The state of being cogent; the characteristic or quality of being reasonable and persuasive. All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest … Wiktionary
cogency — cogent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing. DERIVATIVES cogency noun cogently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin cogere compel … English terms dictionary
cogency — noun Date: 1667 the quality or state of being cogent … New Collegiate Dictionary
cogency — Synonyms and related words: acuity, acumen, acuteness, advantageousness, agreeableness, amperage, apperception, armipotence, astuteness, auspiciousness, authoritativeness, authority, bearing, beef, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, black… … Moby Thesaurus
