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noun
1the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something:Monica needed plenty of persuasion before she actually left
2a belief or set of beliefs, especially religious or political ones:writers of all political persuasions a group or sect holding a particular religious belief:the village had two chapels for those of the Methodist persuasion humorous any group or type of person or thing linked by a specified characteristic, quality, or attribute:an ancient gas oven of the enamel persuasion