convinced
Americanadjective
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moved by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.
By the age of fifteen, after reading Marx, Engels, and Lenin, he was a convinced communist.
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persuaded to do something by being cajoled, manipulated, coaxed, etc..
Those expensive bells and whistles are just cosmetic features to woo the easily convinced buyer.
verb
Other Word Forms
- convincedly adverb
- convincedness noun
- half-convinced adjective
- quasi-convinced adjective
- unconvinced adjective
- well-convinced adjective
Etymology
Origin of convinced
First recorded in 1630–40; convince ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; convince ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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Yet Horning cut the resort’s marketing budget, convinced the money was wasted.
He then successfully appealed a deportation order and convinced an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
However, I’m not convinced that your maintenance man is not missing the problem.
From MarketWatch
In a wide-ranging interview, Williamson tells Kelly Somers she considered turning her back on football as a teenager before a conversation with her mum convinced her to stick with it.
From BBC
Even if the call had been intimidating, the judge wrote in his ruling, he was not convinced that such a call “would have chilled a person of ordinary firmness from exercising their First Amendment rights.”
From Los Angeles Times
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