Persuasion

Noun

 * 1) 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) *2006, Rachel Morris, "Borderline Catastrophe", Washington Monthly, vol. 38:10:
 * With the base unleashed, the White House was unable to broker a compromise, either by persuasion or by pressure.
 * 1) An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.
 * 2) *1928, "The New Pictures", Time, 13 Feb 1928:
 * Sadie curses, weeps, then, infected by Mr. Hamilton's writhing persuasions, prays and becomes penitent.
 * 1) A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.
 * It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.
 * 1) One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.
 * 2) A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.
 * 3) *2009, US Catholic (letter), May 2009:
 * As a convert from the Baptist persuasion more than 40 years ago, I still feel like an outsider in the church despite the kindness and acceptance of Catholic friends.
 * 1)  Any group having a specified characteristic or attribute in common.
 * 2) *2010, "We don't need gay stereotypes", The Guardian, 6 Feb 2010:
 * Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions.

Antonyms

 * dissuasion
 * dissuasion

Adjectives for Persuasion
different; forcible; vigorous; firm; fanciful; deep; kind; parental; instinctive; womanly; melancholy; powerful; unobstructive; eloquent; persistent; argumentative; intimate; undoubting; kindly; soothing; demagogic.

Verbs for Persuasion
advocate—; exercise—; possess—; rely upon—; resort to—; yield to—; —baits; —bewitches ; —convinces; —entices ; —forces; — impresses; —influences; —overcomes; — overwhelms; —seduces; —tames; strive for.

Thesaurus
adherents, affiliation, allurement, ascendancy, authority, belief, bias, blandishment, blood, body, branch, brand, breed, cajolement, cajolery, cast, character, charisma, charm, church, clan, class, clout, coaxing, color, communion, community, confession, connection, conning, consequence, control, conversion, conviction, credit, creed, cult, denomination, description, designation, disciples, division, dominance, domination, effect, eminence, enchantment, engagement, enlistment, esteem, evangelization, exhortation, exhorting, eye, faction, faith, favor, feather, feeling, fellowship, fixed opinion, followers, force, form, genre, genus, good feeling, grain, group, hold, hortation, ilk, implicit belief, importance, incidental power, inducement, inducing, influence, influencing, influentiality, insinuation, ism, jawboning, kidney, kin, kind, label, leadership, leverage, line, lobbying, lot, magnetism, make, manner, mark, mastery, mature judgment, mind, mold, moment, nature, number, offshoot, opinion, order, organization, partiality, party, personality, persuading, phylum, potency, power, preaching, preachment, predilection, predominance, prejudice, preponderance, prepossession, pressure, prestige, proselytism, proselytization, purchase, race, reign, religion, religious order, repute, rule, sales talk, salesmanship, say, schism, school, school of thought, sect, sectarism, segment, selling, sentiment, settled judgment, shape, snow job, society, soft soap, solicitation, sort, species, stamp, staunch belief, steadfast faith, strain, stripe, style, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, supremacy, sway, sweet talk, the like of, the likes of, tribe, type, unshaken confidence, upper hand, variety, version, view, weight, wheedling, whip hand, working on

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

Translations

 * Afrikaans: oortuiging
 * Chinese: 说服 (shuōfú), 说服力 (shuōfúlì)
 * Dutch:


 * German: Überredung
 * Russian: убеждение (ub'ežd'énije), уговоры (ugovóry)
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish: vakaumus
 * German:


 * Russian: убеждение (ub'ežd'énije), убеждённость (ub'ežd'ónnost')
 * Scottish Gaelic: barail, beachd


 * Chinese: 说服 (shuōfú), 说服力 (shuōfúlì)
 * Finnish: suostutteleminen, suostuttelu


 * German: Überredungskunst
 * Russian: убеждение (ub'ežd'énije)


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kuppikunta


 * German:
 * Russian: убеждение (ub'ežd'énije)


 * : persuado

Derived terms

 * persuade
 * persuasive
 * suasion

Noun

 * 1) persuasion

Etymology
From persuasio, from persuadere, from suadere, "to advise", "to recommend".