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单词 unpersuaded
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unpersuadedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsweɪdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈsweɪdᵻd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and persuaded adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, persuade v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + persuade v. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly later persuaded adj.
Not persuaded or won over; unswayed. Formerly spec.: unconvinced by or unconverted to Christian beliefs.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adjective]
orrathc1175
unsicker?c1225
doubtousc1374
doubtive1393
unsurec1412
uncertained1470
doubtful1509
unassured1528
scriple?a1534
unpersuadeda1535
uncertainc1540
scrupulous1559
unsatisfied1575
unresolved1587
incertaina1616
dubious1632
scrupling1641
hesitant1647
insecure1649
hesitatious1657
uncleara1658
groping1691
doubting1715
dubitative1728
gingerish1764
vague1806
duberous1818
dubitant1821
undecided1828
inconclusive1836
foreheadless1844
titubant1880
convictionless1882
swithering1917
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xix. sig. R.viv If you hadde assented in wordes, and in your minde departed vnperswaded.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. iiijv Who can remaine..vnpersuaded, to loue..the excellent Science of Arithmetike?
1655 S. Gorton Saltmarsh 194 The proper spirit of Python, that unperswaded or unfaithed one.
1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 62 The present stupidity of this unpersuaded Man.
1777 Dr. Dodd Let. 23 May in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) II. 137 Not a soul could be left unconvinced and unpersuaded.
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 36 His very gestures touched to tears The unpersuaded tyrant, never So moved before.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 540 Myriads of Jewish Christians remained secretly unpersuaded.
1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise i. 5 The right words had escaped him, and he was conscious of a certain negative, unpersuaded quality in the air.
2011 R. Masello Medusa Amulet 206 Olivia sat back, with an unpersuaded expression on her face.

Derivatives

unperˈsuadedness n. the state of being unpersuaded. [In quot. 1612 with reference to a speculative etymology of Hebrew peṯen venomous serpent, (perhaps) cobra (only in Psalm 68:5; of uncertain and disputed origin, and etymologically unrelated to python n.1).]
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun]
studyinglOE
orrathnessc1175
doubta1225
balance1297
were1303
doubtancec1325
unsickernessc1340
wilsomenessa1400
wonda1400
scriple?a1425
ambiguityc1425
diswerec1440
dubitationc1450
variation?1473
incertainty1483
doubting1486
doubtfulness1526
scrupulousness1526
scruple1548
uncertainty1548
disputation1549
irresolution1592
swithering1597
hesitance1601
incertitude1601
unpersuadedness1612
inassurance1614
hesitancy1617
unsettledness1619
hesitation1622
unsatisfaction1643
unsatisfiedness1646
dubitancy1649
insecurity1649
dispersuasion1653
unassuredness1660
scrupling1665
unconfidencea1670
swither1719
dubietyc1750
mank1808
suspense1816
dubitating1837
doubtingness1840
1612 H. Ainsworth Bk. Psalmes Englished with Annot. lviii. 150 The serpent Python, called in Hebrew Pethen, which name noteth..the unperswadednes which this Psalm sheweth to be naturally in that beast.
1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 69 If they did live and die in such a state, of unbelief and of unperswadedness..they would be shut out of that Spiritual, Heavenly, Eternal Rest of God in Christ.
1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents ii. 62 The word in the Original is..Unpersuadedness; hence, wicked Men are called..unpersuadable.
1901 Methodist Rev. Mar. 231 This difference between unbelief and unpersuadedness must not be pressed too far.
1999 K. Cragg Weight in Word iv. 49 Rhetoric is well aware of unpersuadedness and is set to overcome it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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