persuasion

per·sua·sion  (pr-swzhn)

n.

1. The act of persuading or the state of being persuaded: "The persuasion of a democracy to big changes is at best a slow process" (Harold J. Laski).

2. The ability or power to persuade: "Three foremost aids to persuasion which occur to me are humility, concentration, and gusto" (Marianne Moore).

3. A strongly held opinion; a conviction. See Synonyms at opinion.

4.

a. A body of religious beliefs; a religion: worshipers of various persuasions.

b. A party, faction, or group holding to a particular set of ideas or beliefs.

5. Informal Kind; sort: "the place where ... rockers of any gender or persuasion can become megastars" (Christopher John Farley).

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin persusi, persusin-, from persusus, past participle of persudre, to persuade; see persuade.]

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persuasion [pəˈsweɪʒən]

n

1. the act of persuading or of trying to persuade

2. the power to persuade

3. the state of being persuaded; strong belief

4. an established creed or belief, esp a religious one

5. a sect, party, or faction

[from Latin persuāsiō; see persuade]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	persuasion - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action suasion communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" line - persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress; "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk" arm-twisting - persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure; "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"; "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree" canvassing, electioneering, bell ringing - persuasion of voters in a political campaign exhortation, incitement - the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion proselytism - the practice of proselytizing sloganeering - persuasion by means of empty slogans prompting, suggestion - persuasion formulated as a suggestion weapon, artillery - a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons" dissuasion - persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action
	2.	persuasion - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" opinion, sentiment, thought, view idea - a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" judgment, judgement, mind - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" belief - any cognitive content held as true eyes - opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes" parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession - an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" pole - one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" political sympathies, politics - the opinion you hold with respect to political questions

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persuasion

noun

1. urging, influencing, conversion, inducement, exhortation, wheedling, enticement, cajolery, blandishment, inveiglement It took all her powers of persuasion to induce them to stay.

2. belief, views, opinion, party, school, side, camp, faith, conviction, faction, cult, sect, creed, denomination, tenet, school of thought, credo, firm belief, certitude, fixed opinion people who are of a different political persuasion

Quotations
"By persuading others, we convince ourselves" [Junius Public Advertiser]

Translations

persuasion [pəˈsweɪʒən] N

1. (= act) → persuasión f
his powers of persuasion were formidable → sus dotes de persuasión or convicción eran extraordinarios
all he needs is a little gentle or friendly persuasion (lit, fig) → sólo hace falta aplicarle unas suaves técnicas de persuasión
I wouldn't need much persuasion to stop working nights → costaría poco convencerme de or para que dejara de trabajar por la noche

2. (= belief) (Rel) → creencia f (Pol) → ideología f
sport brings people of all races and persuasions together → el deporte une a la gente de todas las razas y creencias
politicians of every persuasion → políticos mpl de todas las ideologías
I'm not of that persuasion → no soy de esa opinión, no es ésa mi opinión

persuasion [pə^rˈsweɪʒ^ən] n

(= urging) → persuasion f
You could, with a little persuasion, get some of these people to help → Avec un peu de persuasion, vous pourriez obtenir de ces personnes qu'elles vous aident.

(political) → convictions fpl
people of all political persuasions → des gens de toutes convictions politiques

(religious) → confession f
those who are not of the Roman Catholic persuasion → ceux qui ne sont pas de confession catholique

persuasion

n

(= persuading) → Überredung f; advertising uses many subtle means of persuasion → die Werbung arbeitet mit vielen subtilen Überzeugungsmechanismen; her powers of persuasion → ihre Überredungskünste; she tried every possible means of persuasion to get him to agree → sie setzte ihre ganze Überredungskunst ein, um seine Zustimmung zu erlangen; I don’t need much persuasion to stop working → man braucht mich nicht lange zu überreden, damit ich aufhöre zu arbeiten

(= persuasiveness) → Überzeugungskraft f

(= belief) → Überzeugung f; (= sect, denomination) → Glaube m, → Glaubensrichtung f; I am not of that persuasion (= don’t believe that) → davon bin ich nicht überzeugt; (= don’t belong to that sect) → ich gehöre nicht diesem Glauben an; and others of that persuasion → und andere, die dieser Überzeugung anhängen; to be of left-wing persuasion, to have left-wing persuasions → linke Ansichten haben

persuasion [pəˈsweɪʒ/ən] n

a. (persuading) → persuasione f

b. (creed) → convinzione f, credo

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persuasion [pəˈsweɪʒ/ən] n

a. (persuading) → persuasione f

b. (creed) → convinzione f, credo