Antonyms for persuasion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-swey-zhuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsweɪ ʒən |
Definition of persuasion
Origin :- late 14c., "action of inducing (someone) to believe (something); argument to persuade, inducement," from Old French persuasion (14c.) and directly from Latin persuasionem (nominative persuasio) "a convincing, persuading," noun of action from past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince," from per- "thoroughly, strongly" (see per) + suadere "to urge, persuade," from PIE *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (see sweet (adj.)). Meaning "religious belief, creed" is from 1620s.
- noun influencing to do, believe
- noun belief, religion
- After some persuasion the mother consented, and in a little while the house was quiet.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- No art or persuasion could make him speak; he kept his fingers on his lips.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- No warning or persuasion, however, had any effect on his companions.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Miss Brewster insisted that Wentworth should light his cigar, which, after some persuasion, he did.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Be not hard to her, for she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by force.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- He laid down this dogma as the necessary basis of any reform by persuasion.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- All their faculties of persuasion shall be exerted in behalf of Najma.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- But I still want to know where and how the true art of rhetoric and persuasion is to be acquired.
- Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
- The latter use persuasion, and persuasion is either private or public.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- And I am going to ask—what is this power of persuasion which is given by rhetoric, and about what?
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
Synonyms for persuasion
- alignment
- alluring
- arm-twist
- bias
- blandishment
- brainwashing
- cajolery
- camp
- certitude
- church
- cogency
- communion
- con
- connection
- conversion
- conviction
- credo
- creed
- cult
- denomination
- enticement
- exhortation
- eye
- faction
- faith
- feeling
- force
- goose
- hard sell
- hook
- inducement
- inveiglement
- mind
- opinion
- partiality
- party
- persuasiveness
- potency
- power
- predilection
- prejudice
- promote
- pull
- school
- school of thought
- sect
- seduction
- sell
- sentiment
- side
- snow job
- soft soap
- squeeze
- sweet talk
- tenet
- view
- wheedling
- winning over
- working over
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