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]
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.
the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action [ant: dissuasion]
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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]
Con*vic"tion\, n. [L. convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See Convict, Convince.]1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense. The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. --Hallam. 2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. --Blackstone. 3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation. For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. --Milton. 4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience. To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. --Swift. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction? --Bunyan. Syn: Conviction; persuasion. Usage: Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. --Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. --C. J. Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty.
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