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suasion

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sua·sion  (swzhn)
n.
Persuasion: moral suasion.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin susi, susin-, from susus, past participle of sudre, to advise; see swd- in Indo-European roots.]

suasion [ˈsweɪʒən]
n
a rare word for persuasion
[from Latin suāsiō, from suādēre to persuade]
suasive  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.suasionsuasion - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
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"
Translations
suasion [ˈsweɪʒən] N (= liter) → persuasión f


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One of the forms of moral suasion by which Pharaoh was
Grimshaw, whose seat in the sternsheets was none of the best, grasped the situation simultaneously with Daughtry, and, with a quick upstanding, and hooking out-reach of hand, caught the fat pawn-broker around the back of the neck, and with anything but gentle suasion jerked him half into the air and flung him face downward on the bottom boards.
 
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