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Persuasion

pəˈsweɪʒn

Persuasion definitions

noun

Inflections:

persuasion persuasions

the action or process of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something

"Monica needed plenty of persuasion before she actually left"

Synonyms:
coaxing persuading coercion inducement convincing blandishment encouragement urging prompting inveiglement temptation cajolery enticement wheedling pressure moral pressure
a belief or set of beliefs, especially religious or political ones

"writers of all political persuasions"

Synonyms:
belief opinion conviction faith certainty certitude view
- a group or sect holding a particular religious belief
  
  "the village had two chapels for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion"
- sort, kind, or nature
  
  "half a dozen gents of British persuasion"