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Meanings of persuasion in English

Portuguese
opinião
Catalan
apreciació
Spanish
opinión

A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.

        opinião
        Portuguese
        persuasão
        Catalan
        persuasió

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

            persuasão
            Russian
            речевое воздействие
            Portuguese
            persuasão
            Spanish
            coacción
            Catalan
            persuasió

            Umbrella term of influence and mode of communication.

                  речевое воздействие
                  Usage of persuasion in English
                  1
                  In truth, the world of persuasion is a good deal more prosaic.
                  The new yorker
                  2
                  With gentle persuasion tried and failed, the government needs to change tack.
                  The Guardian
                  3
                  After some persuasion Mr. Bateman has agreed to come along with us.
                  The stand
                  4
                  She needed the voice of authority now, more than she needed persuasion.
                  A Canticle For Leibowitz
                  5
                  Most of them are of the Baptist persuasion; a few are Methodists.
                  Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
                  6
                  He must meet it and overcome it in terms of affectionate persuasion.
                  A Pair of Patient Lovers
                  7
                  Bright and his fellow-labourers of the Quaker persuasion were in a minority.
                  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
                  8
                  The weakness is in the yielding, either to persuasion or to pressure.
                  The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
                  9
                  He had appeared to do but little in the way of persuasion.
                  A Millionaire of Yesterday
                  10
                  Say how self-consciousness may hinder the power of persuasion in a speaker.
                  The Art of Public Speaking
                  11
                  From this persuasion concerning traditions much detriment has resulted in the Church.
                  The Augsburg Confession / The confession of faith, which was sub...
                  12
                  There is no established church or dominant religious persuasion in the States.
                  The Englishwoman in America
                  13
                  No persuasion could induce him to change his position in the least.
                  The Wonders of Prayer / A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonde...
                  14
                  I'm going to need a lot of high-quality persuasion to spill it.
                  Last Blood
                  15
                  The same did all the Israelites, at the like persuasion of Amasa.
                  Antiquities of the Jews
                  16
                  Evidence that, in Parliament, it is not the main engine of persuasion.
                  Practical Essays
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                  Translations for persuasion
                  Persuasion through the time
                  Persuasion across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common