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Another word for persuasion

persuasion Synonyms

persuasion

n.

The act of persuading
inducing, suasion, influencing, enticing, enticement, exhorting, exhortation, seducing, seduction, inveigling, inveiglement, alluring, wheedling, cajoling, cajolery, winning over, talking over, bringing someone around, making someone see the light*, bringing to heel*, talking someone into something*, turning someone on to something*.
Antonyms prevention*, dissuasion, confusion.
A belief
creed, tenet, religion, conviction; see belief 1, faith 1, 2, opinion 1. See syn. study at opinion.

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Another word for persuasion

noun

Something believed or accepted as true by a person:
belief, conviction, feeling, idea, mind, notion, opinion, position, sentiment, view. See opinion
A system of religious belief:
confession, creed, denomination, faith, religion, sect. See religion
Those who accept and practice a particular religious belief:
church, communion, denomination, faith, sect. See religion
(Informal)
A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:
breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind², lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety. See group

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Conversion is to be effected by persuasion, not by the sword.
The world is happiest when this process is one of persuasion, goodwill, reason, logic, and negotiation.
The instruction and persuasion which St Bernard favoured found little imitation.
Of Abjuration, by which at his persuasion the repret sentatives of the provinces of Brabant, Flanders, Holland, Zeeland, Gelderland and Utrecht, assembled at the Hague, declared that Philip had forfeited his sovereignty over them, and that they held themselves henceforth absolved from their allegiance to him.
Henry first tried personal persuasion, and when that failed directed trial for heresy.

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