| NOUN | communication | persuasion, suasion | the act of persuading / persuading (or attempting to persuade / persuade) |
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| cognition | persuasion, opinion, sentiment, view, thought | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| Sounds | perswey'zhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of persuading / persuading (or attempting to persuade / persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action. | |
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| Synonym | suasion | |
| Narrower | arm-twisting | persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure |
| electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing | persuasion of voters in a political campaign | |
| exhortation, incitement | The act of exhorting | |
| line | persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress | |
| proselytism | The practice of proselytizing | |
| sloganeering | persuasion by means of empty slogans | |
| suggestion, prompting | persuasion formulated as a suggestion | |
| weapon, artillery | A means of persuading / persuading or arguing | |
| Broader | communication, communicating | The activity of communicating |
| Opposite | dissuasion | Persuading not to do or believe something |
| Spanish | convencimiento, persuasión | |
| Catalan | persuasió | |
| Verbs | persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
| Meaning | A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. | |
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| Example | "I am not of your persuasion" | |
| Synonyms | opinion, sentiment, view, thought | |
| Narrower | eyes | Opinion or judgment |
| idea | A personal view | |
| judgment, judgement, mind | An opinion formed by judging something | |
| pole | One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | |
| politics, political sympathies | The opinion you hold with respect to political questions | |
| preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion | An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | |
| Broader | belief | Any cognitive content held as true |
| Spanish | apreciación, convencimiento, idea, opinión, parecer, punto de vista, visión | |
| Catalan | apreciació, convenciment, opinió, parer, punt de vista, sentiment, visió | |
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