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Meanings of persuasion in English
The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action.
Usage of persuasion in English
1
In truth, the world of persuasion is a good deal more prosaic.
2
With gentle persuasion tried and failed, the government needs to change tack.
3
After some persuasion Mr. Bateman has agreed to come along with us.
4
She needed the voice of authority now, more than she needed persuasion.
5
Most of them are of the Baptist persuasion; a few are Methodists.
6
He must meet it and overcome it in terms of affectionate persuasion.
7
Bright and his fellow-labourers of the Quaker persuasion were in a minority.
8
The weakness is in the yielding, either to persuasion or to pressure.
9
He had appeared to do but little in the way of persuasion.
10
Say how self-consciousness may hinder the power of persuasion in a speaker.
11
From this persuasion concerning traditions much detriment has resulted in the Church.
12
There is no established church or dominant religious persuasion in the States.
13
No persuasion could induce him to change his position in the least.
14
I'm going to need a lot of high-quality persuasion to spill it.
15
The same did all the Israelites, at the like persuasion of Amasa.
16
Evidence that, in Parliament, it is not the main engine of persuasion.
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Translations for persuasion
Russian
Persuasion through the time
Persuasion across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common