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persuasion

Syllabification: (per·sua·sion)
Pronunciation: /pərˈswāZHən/
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Definition of persuasion

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

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin persuasio(n-), from the verb persuadere (see persuade)

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