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prepersuasion

noun

Etymology

From pre- + persuasion.

  1. derived from persuāsiō
  2. derived from persuasion
  3. prefixed as prepersuasion — “pre + persuasion”

Definitions

  1. The process of preparing a person to be amenable to persuasion.

    • In this way it [humor] can be used to set up alliances and oppositions, and can act as pre-persuasion even before the central topic of a communication is begun.
    • Pratkanis and Aronson identify four stratagems of influence: (1) prepersuasion: framing, setting the context; (2) source credibility: creating a favorable brand image […]

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