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suasion

noun
/ˈsweɪʒən/

Etymology

From Middle English suasion, from Latin suāsiō (“counselling, advice, persuasion”).

  1. derived from suāsiō — “counselling, advice, persuasion”
  2. inherited from suasion

Definitions

  1. The act of urging or influencing

    The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.

    • The high intricate ways of the Keep had a strange power of suasion, an ability to carry conviction.
    • James Cable, the author of Gunboat Diplomacy (Chatto & Windus, 1971), has created an excellent case study of naval presence and suasion during the era of appeasement.
    • The term moral suasion refers to an appeal to ‘morality’ or ‘patriotic duty’ to induce behaviour by the persuaded entity that is not necessary profit-maximising for it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for suasion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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