persuasion

[per·sua·sion]

Persuasion is something meant to get you to do or believe something. If you’re not sure you want to go somewhere, your friend might use persuasion to talk you into it.

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The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

Noun
inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty

Noun
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

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

n.
The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

n.
The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.

n.
A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed.

n.
The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.

n.
That which persuades; a persuasive.

Persuasion

Per*sua"sion , n. [L. persuasio; Cf. F. persuasion.] 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion.

2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.

If the general persuasion of all men does so account it.

My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes With nice attention.

3. A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed.

Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.

4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.

Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion?

5. That which persuades; a persuasive. [R.] Syn. -- See Conviction.

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

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Usage Examples

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.

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Other Usage Examples

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.