compelling argument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompellingandargument
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compelling
adjective
uk/kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/us/kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/
If a reason, argument, etc. is compelling, it makes you believe it or accept it because it is ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofcompellingandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Without acompellingargumentto that conclusion, there is no liberal case for outlawing conduct that forces such a choice on others.
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An example sentence was sometimes acompellingargumentto include a case.
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Neither of these is acompellingargumentagainst the proposition, but they do perhaps give some reason for further thought.
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And we may have a reasonablycompellingargumentfor why collective powers should function as persons.
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There is therefore acompellingargumentthat, at the very least, the interviewer's questions and the child's answers should be examined conjointly.
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The pervasiveness of linguistic universals across languages is acompellingargumentfor the inclusion of signed languages in any formal linguistics program.
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This is not, however, acompellingargumentfor holding that reason prescribes one's own happiness as an ultimate end.
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This passage offers acompellingargumenton behalf of the importance of culture in a post-industrial democratic system.
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He presents acompellingargumentthat reading across all orthographies depends on certain universal processing mechanisms and resources.
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Consider the first premise of the argument's "first draft," the "morecompellingargument," which leaves out the "disproportionate harm" clause.
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The requirement to (randomly) assign interventions to two or more discrete groups is possibly the mostcompellingargumentfor dichotomization.
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But in order to present acompellingargument, it is necessary to go beyond metaphors and analogies.
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Although more systematic analysis of the status of the deponents would have been desirable, it is unlikely that it would have undermined the thrust of what is acompellingargument.
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Young's valuing and celebration of these 'ordinary' small-scale activities make for acompellingargument.
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Rohde presents acompellingargumentin favour of an integrated multiple processes approach.
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Acompellingargumentwould require evidence for first-cycle origin of the sand from a nonmarine source and for continuous supply from that source throughout the period of limestone deposition.
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Insole believes that religious expressivism is untenable, but does not locate acompellingargumentagainst the theory.
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