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UK
/pəswˈeɪʒən/
]
[ US /pɝˈsweɪʒən/ ]
[ US /pɝˈsweɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
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a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
what are your thoughts on Haiti?
my opinion differs from yours
I am not of your persuasion - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
How To Use persuasion In A Sentence
- It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.
- You should need some extreme persuasion - far more than the directors say-so in the accounts - to decide that a company bleeding cash might be turning a profit.
- Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting.
- Philosophy aims only at the truth, not at mere persuasion regardless of truth, which is a dubious enterprise in both its intentions and its methods.
- And such is the infatuating efficacy of their prejudicate persuasion herein, that it hath had two marvellous effects; -- the one against the light of nature, and the other against the fundamental principles of religion. The Sermons of John Owen
- At Stamford there was a Presbyterian Church, built in 1791, and another church built for the use of all persuasions, a kind of free and common soccage church, in 1795, which was destroyed in the subsequent war. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
- Yet, he was most diplomatic in his dealings with people of other persuasions, always respecting their views and loyalties.
- Read books, newspapers, and online content from both political persuasions to be certain you fully understand the issues at hand.
- You must have great powers of persuasion -- or you're a wonderful con man. TANK OF SERPENTS
- We need people with talent, whatever their political persuasions.