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per·sua·sion    Audio Help   [per-swey-zhuhn] 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]

1. See advice.
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per·sua·sion    Audio Help   (pər-swā'zhən)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
    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.
  4. 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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
perˈsuasion [-ʒən] noun
the act of persuading
Example: He gave in to our persuasion and did what we wanted him to do.
Arabic: إقْناع
Chinese (Simplified): 说服
Chinese (Traditional): 說服
Czech: přesvědčování
Danish: overtalelse
Dutch: overtuigingskracht
Estonian: veenmine
Finnish: suostuttelu
French: persuasion
German: die Überredung
Greek: πειθώ
Hungarian: meggyőzés
Icelandic: fortölur
Indonesian: bujukan
Italian: persuasione, convincimento
Japanese: 説得
Korean: 설득
Latvian: pārliecināšana; pierunāšana
Lithuanian: įkalbinėjimas, įtikinėjimas
Norwegian: overtalelse, overbevisning
Polish: perswazja
Portuguese (Brazil): persuasão
Portuguese (Portugal): persuasão
Romanian: persuasiune, putere de convingere
Russian: убеждение
Slovak: presviedčanie
Slovenian: prepričevanje
Spanish: persuasión
Swedish: övertalning
Turkish: ikna etme, *edilme, razı etme, *edilme
See also: persuasive, persuade

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

persuasion

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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