persuasion[noun]Synonyms:- urging, cajolery, enticement, inducement, wheedling
- persuasiveness, cogency, force, potency, power, pull
(informal)- creed, belief, conviction, credo, faith, opinion, tenet, views
- faction, camp, denomination, party, school, school of thought, side
Related Words: bias,
partiality,
predilection,
prejudice,
prepossession,
affiliation,
order [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
per‧sua‧sion /pəˈsweɪʒ
ən $ pər-/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
persuasion ≠
dissuasion,
persuasiveness;
verb:
persuade ≠
dissuade;
adverb:
persuasively;
adjective:
persuasive]
1. [uncountable] the act of persuading someone to do something:
After a little gentle persuasion, Debbie agreed to let us in. It had taken a great deal of persuasion to get him to accept. She used all her powers of persuasion (=skill at persuading people) to convince Tilly that it was the right thing to do.2. [countable] formal a particular type of belief, especially a political or religious one
political/religious persuasion We need people with talent, whatever their political persuasions. politicians of all persuasions3. of the ... persuasion formal of a particular type – often used humorously:
an ancient bed of the iron persuasion [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲