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per·sua·sion

[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.

[Origin: 1350–1400; late ME < L persuāsiōn- (s. of persuāsiō; see per-, suasion); r. ME persuacioun < MF persuacion < L, as above

]

—Synonyms 1. See advice.

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per·sua·sion (pər-swā'zhən) Pronunciation Key
n.

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).
The ability or power to persuade: "Three foremost aids to persuasion which occur to me are humility, concentration, and gusto" (Marianne Moore).
A strongly held opinion; a conviction. See Synonyms at opinion.
1. A body of religious beliefs; a religion: worshipers of various persuasions.
2. A party, faction, or group holding to a particular set of ideas or beliefs.
Informal Kind; sort: "the place where ... rockers of any gender or persuasion can become megastars" (Christopher John Farley).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin persuāsiō, persuāsiōn-, from persuāsus, past participle of persuādēre, to persuade; see persuade.]

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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.

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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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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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