Crossword-Solution: COGENCY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cogency | n. | The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “COGENCY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Convincing quality | 1 answer |
| Logical appeal. | 1 answer |
| Persuasive relevance | 1 answer |
| Power to convince. | 1 answer |
| the quality of being valid and rigorous | 1 answer |
| persuasiveness | 17 answers |
| Validity | 24 answers |
| Effectiveness | 43 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COGENCY (5)
There was a certain cogency in Trilling’s attack, at least with regard to Anderson’s inferior work, most of which he wrote after Winesburg, Ohio.
The great authority of Augustine, and the cogency of his scriptural argument, held the Church firmly against the doctrine of the antipodes; all schools of interpretation were now agreed--the followers of the allegorical tendencies of Alexandria, the strictly literal exegetes of Syria, the more eclectic theologians of the West.
This man shall be my future guide: I will learn his doctrines and imitate his life.” “Be not too hasty,” said Imlac, “to trust or to admire the teachers of morality: they discourse like angels, but they live like men.” Rasselas, who could not conceive how any man could reason so forcibly without feeling the cogency of his own arguments, paid his visit in a few days, and was denied admission.
Henry’s attitude of mind; nor could I even deny there was some cogency in that which she advanced about the papers.
SOCRATES: What do you mean? Can he be wrong who has right opinion, so long as he has right opinion? MENO: I admit the cogency of your argument, and therefore, Socrates, I wonder that knowledge should be preferred to right opinion--or why they should ever differ.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1965–2008).