unconvince

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˌʌnkənˈvɪns/ UK /ˌʌnkənˈvɪns/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to cause someone to cease believing or being persuaded

A single contradictory fact can unconvince a wavering juror.

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1 verb · to cause someone to cease... dissuade disabuse undeceive

Opposites

convince persuade

Word family

Derived forms unconvinced unconvincing

Related forms convince convinced convincing conviction

Etymology

From un- (reversative prefix) + convince, the latter from Latin convincere ('to overcome, prove conclusively'), from com- (intensive) + vincere ('to conquer, prevail').

un- Old English convincere Latin vincere Latin

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# unconvince

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˌʌnkənˈvɪns
**IPA (UK):** ˌʌnkənˈvɪns

## Meanings
1. to cause someone to cease believing or being persuaded

## Examples
- A single contradictory fact can unconvince a wavering juror.

## Synonyms
- dissuade
- disabuse
- undeceive

## Antonyms
- convince
- persuade

## Derived Forms
- unconvinced
- unconvincing

## Related Forms
- convince
- convinced
- convincing
- conviction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: convincere
- Root: vincere

## Etymology
From un- (reversative prefix) + convince, the latter from Latin convincere ('to overcome, prove conclusively'), from com- (intensive) + vincere ('to conquer, prevail').

## AI Etymology
Unconvince is from un- (reversative prefix) + convince, the latter from Latin convincere ('to overcome, prove conclusively'), from com- (intensive) + vincere ('to conquer, prevail'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), convincere (Latin), and vincere (Latin). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to cause someone to cease believing or being persuaded. The wider family includes derived forms such as unconvinced and unconvincing and related words such as convince, convinced, convincing, and conviction.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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