cogency

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: co=gen=cy

CIDE DICTIONARY

cogency, n. [See Cogent.].

 The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.  [1913 Webster]
"An antecedent argument of extreme cogency."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

cogency

acuity, acumen, acuteness, advantageousness, agreeableness, amperage, apperception, armipotence, astuteness, auspiciousness, authoritativeness, authority, bearing, beef, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, black power, brute force, charge, charisma, class, clout, cogence, compulsion, concern, connection, desert, dint, discernment, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, energy, excellence, expedience, fairness, farseeingness, farsightedness, favorableness, fineness, first-rateness, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, foresight, foresightedness, full blast, full force, good reason, good reasoning, goodliness, goodness, grace, healthiness, helpfulness, incisiveness, influence, insight, ironclad reasoning, justness, kindness, knockdown argument, longheadedness, longsightedness, main force, main strength, mana, merit, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, niceness, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, pertinence, pizzazz, pleasantness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, profitableness, providence, puissance, pull, punch, push, quality, relevance, rewardingness, right thinking, sagaciousness, sagacity, sensibility, sinew, skillfulness, solidity, sound evidence, sound reasoning, soundness, steam, strength, strong argument, strong arm, strong point, substantiality, superiority, superpower, trenchancy, usefulness, validity, value, vehemence, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virtuousness, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, wholeness, worth

ROGET THESAURUS

cogency

Power

N power, potency, potentiality, jiva, puissance, might, force, energy, dint, right hand, right arm, ascendency, sway, control, prepotency, prepollence, almightiness, omnipotence, authority, strength, ability, ableness, competency, efficacy, efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill), validity, cogency, enablement, vantage ground, influence, pressure, conductivity, elasticity, gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism, atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power, fuel cell, hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power, solar power, solar energy, solar panels, tidal power, wind power, attraction, vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva, potential energy, dynamic energy, dynamic friction, dynamic suction, live circuit, live rail, live wire, capability, capacity, quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent, faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility, powerful, puissant, potential, capable, able, equal to, up to, cogent, valid, efficient, productive, effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent, multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent, almighty, forcible, (energetic), influential, productive, powerfully, by virtue of, by dint of, a toute force, dos moi pou sto kai kino ten gen, eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis, fortis cadere cedere non potest.

Demonstration

N demonstration, proof, rigorous proof, conclusiveness, apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation, logic of facts, experimentum crucis, argument, rigorous establishment, absolute establishment, conviction, cogency, (persuasion), demonstrating, demonstrative, demonstrable, probative, unanswerable, conclusive, apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical, irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable, necessary, categorical, decisive, crucial, demonstrated, proven, unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted, evident, deducible, consequential, consectary, inferential, following, convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable), of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course, necessarily, of necessity, probatum est, there is nothing more to be said, quod est demonstrandum, Q, E, D, it must follow, exitus acta probat.