The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action.
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In truth, the world of persuasion is a good deal more prosaic.
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With gentle persuasion tried and failed, the government needs to change tack.
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After some persuasion Mr. Bateman has agreed to come along with us.
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She needed the voice of authority now, more than she needed persuasion.
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Most of them are of the Baptist persuasion; a few are Methodists.
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He must meet it and overcome it in terms of affectionate persuasion.
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Bright and his fellow-labourers of the Quaker persuasion were in a minority.
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The weakness is in the yielding, either to persuasion or to pressure.
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He had appeared to do but little in the way of persuasion.
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Say how self-consciousness may hinder the power of persuasion in a speaker.
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From this persuasion concerning traditions much detriment has resulted in the Church.
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There is no established church or dominant religious persuasion in the States.
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No persuasion could induce him to change his position in the least.
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I'm going to need a lot of high-quality persuasion to spill it.
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The same did all the Israelites, at the like persuasion of Amasa.
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Evidence that, in Parliament, it is not the main engine of persuasion.
