0 A cogent argument, reason, etc. is clearly expressed and persuades people to believe it. --
1 persuasive and well expressed: --
All of these arguments are cogent, persuasive, and meticulously researched.
It seems to me that such an argument would be more cogent in some cases than others.
The more you look at these creations, the more cogent they seem; but it's the speller's cogency, not yours.
Yet, cogent evidence from the basic neurosciences may well play a role.
The purported evidence for the causal powers of facts is not cogent either.
Not all of these are equally cogent, a state of affairs leading often to conflicting policy recommendations.
The fact that many ordinary persons are not likely to follow the argument is not a cogent objection to its validity.
I believe this set of replies would be cogent and substantial (though not necessarily persuasive) if the structural critique really did proceed as just described.
