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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
per·sua·sion
[per-swey-zhuh
n] Pronunciation Key
[per-swey-zhuh
n] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the act of persuading or seeking to persuade. |
| 2. | the power of persuading; persuasive force. |
| 3. | the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced. |
| 4. | a deep conviction or belief. |
| 5. | a form or system of belief, esp. religious belief: the Quaker persuasion. |
| 6. | a sect, group, or faction holding or advocating a particular belief, idea, ideology, etc.: Several of the people present are of the socialist persuasion. |
| 7. | Facetious. kind or sort. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| per·sua·sion
(pər-swā'zhən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin persuāsiō, persuāsiōn-, from persuāsus, past participle of persuādēre, to persuade; see persuade.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
persuasion
persuasion
1382, "action of inducing (someone) to believe (something)," from O.Fr. persuasion (14c.), from L. persuasionem (nom. persuasio) "a convincing, persuading," from persuadere "persuade," from per- "thoroughly, strongly" + suadere "to urge, persuade," from PIE *swad-. Meaning "religious belief, creed" is from 1623. The verb persuade is first recorded 1513.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| persuasion | |
noun | |
| 1. | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action [ant: dissuasion] |
| 2. | 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?" [syn: opinion] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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. --Otway. 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. --Hooker. My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes With nice attention. --Cowper. 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. --Jefferson. 4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion? --Shak. 5. That which persuades; a persuasive. [R.] Syn: See Conviction.
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