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persuasion

noun
/pəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n/UK/pɚˈsweɪʒən/US

Etymology

From French persuasion and its source, Latin persuāsiō, from persuādēre, from suādēre (“to advise, recommend”).

  1. derived from persuāsiō
  2. derived from persuasion

Definitions

  1. The act of persuading, or trying to do so

    The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.

    • With the base unleashed, the White House was unable to broker a compromise, either by persuasion or by pressure.

  2. An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs

    An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.

    • Not Hermes Prolocutor to the Gods, Could vſe perſwaſions more pathetical.
    • Sadie curses, weeps, then, infected by Mr. Hamilton's writhing persuasions, prays and becomes penitent.

  3. A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.

    • It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.
    • Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings

      One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.

    2. A specified religious adherence, a creed

      A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.

      • As a convert from the Baptist persuasion more than 40 years ago, I still feel like an outsider in the church despite the kindness and acceptance of Catholic friends.

    3. Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by…

      Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature.

      • 1871 February 14, J.J., "More Solution", Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, page 105. Let us pray that the next generation be all of the male persuasion.
      • AND turning for tor the moment from National to local affairs, we note there is a chimpanzee of the female persuasion out at Lincoln Park, of whom it is said that she can do everything but talk.

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Derived

burden of persuasion, coercive persuasion, mispersuasion, overpersuasion, prepersuasion, repersuasion, self-persuasion, unpersuasion

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at persuasion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at persuasion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at persuasion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA