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Persuasion

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Noun

1. persuasion, suasion

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

2. opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view

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

Example Sentences:
'my opinion differs from yours'
'I am not of your persuasion'
'what are your thoughts on Haiti?'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Persuasion

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noun
1. 
the act of persuading or of trying to persuade
2. 
the power to persuade
3. 
the state of being persuaded; strong belief
4. 
an established creed or belief, esp a religious one
5. 
a sect, party, or faction

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Persuasion

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noun
1. 
a persuading or being persuaded
2. 
power of persuading
3. 
a strong belief; conviction
4. 
a. 
a particular religious belief or system; religion
b. 
a particular sect, party, group, etc.
5.  Informal
kind, sort, sex, etc.
used jocularly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Persuasion

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n.
1. The act of persuading or the state of being persuaded: "The persuasion of a democracy to big changes is at best a slow process" (Harold J. Laski).
2. The ability or power to persuade: "Three foremost aids to persuasion which occur to me are humility, concentration, and gusto" (Marianne Moore).
3. A strongly held opinion; a conviction: "He had a strong persuasion that Likeman was wrong" (H.G. Wells).
4.
a. A body of religious beliefs; a religion: worshipers of various persuasions.
b. A party, faction, or group holding to a particular set of ideas or beliefs.
5. Informal Kind; sort: "the place where ... rockers of any gender or persuasion can become megastars" (Christopher John Farley).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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