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co⋅gen⋅cy

[koh-juhn-see]
–noun
the quality or state of being convincing or persuasive: The cogency of the argument was irrefutable.

Origin:
1680–90; cog(ent) + -ency
co·gent   (kō'jənt)   
adj.  Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing: a cogent argument. See Synonyms at valid.

[Latin cōgēns, cōgent-, present participle of cōgere, to force : co-, co- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
co'gen·cy (-jən-sē) n., co'gent·ly adv.

Cogency

Co"gen*cy\, n. [See Cogent.] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. --J. H. Newman.
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