Definitions for persuasionpərˈsweɪ ʒən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

per•sua•sionpərˈsweɪ ʒən(n.)

  1. the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.

  2. power to persuade; persuasive force.

  3. the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced.

  4. a deep conviction or belief.

  5. a form or system of belief, esp. religious belief:

    the Quaker persuasion.

    Category: Religion

  6. a sect, group, or faction.

  7. kind; sort.

    Category: Status (usage)

Origin of persuasion:

1350–1400; ME persuacioun (< AF, MF) < L persuāsiō; see persuade , -tion

Princeton's WordNet

  1. persuasion, suasion(noun)

    the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

  2. opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought(noun)

    a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

    "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. persuasion(noun)ərˈsweɪ ʒən

    the process of making sb believe or agree with you

    It took a lot of persuasion to get him to come tonight.

Wiktionary

  1. persuasion(Noun)

    The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.

  2. persuasion(Noun)

    An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.

  3. persuasion(Noun)

    A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.

    It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.

  4. persuasion(Noun)

    One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.

  5. persuasion(Noun)

    A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.

  6. persuasion(Noun)

    Any group having a specified characteristic or attribute in common.

  7. Origin: From persuasion and its source, persuasio, from persuadere, from suadere.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Persuasion(noun)

    the act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination

  2. Persuasion(noun)

    the state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced

  3. Persuasion(noun)

    a creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed

  4. Persuasion(noun)

    the power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness

  5. Persuasion(noun)

    that which persuades; a persuasive


Translations for persuasion

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

persuasion(noun)

the act of persuading

He gave in to our persuasion and did what we wanted him to do.

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