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convingere

conviction /konˈvindʒere/

noun#5521 most common

Also: belief, persuasion

Example sentences

Am o convingere puternică.

I have a strong conviction.

Ea nu își schimbă convingerile ușor.

She doesn't change her convictions easily.

Convingerea lui despre acest subiect este greșită.

His conviction about this subject is wrong.

Discursul avocatului a fost plin de convingere.

The lawyer's speech was full of conviction.

Convingerile politice ale generației tinere s-au schimbat radical în ultimii ani.

The political convictions of the young generation have changed radically in recent years.

Fără o convingere fermă în propriile valori, este greu să reziști presiunii sociale.

Without a firm conviction in one's own values, it is hard to resist social pressure.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	convingerea	convingerile
Genitive	convingerii	convingerilor
Accusative	convingerea	convingerile
Vocative	convingere	convingeri

Word family

a convingeto convince

convingătorconvincing

convinsconvinced

neconvingătorunconvincing

Etymology

Convingere is the noun form of the verb a convinge, "to convince", built by adding the deverbal suffix -re to the verb stem. A convinge comes from Latin convincere, from con- ("together, thoroughly") and vincere ("to conquer, defeat"). The original sense was to defeat someone in an argument, which shifted to mean winning them over to a belief.

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