单词 | unpersuasion |
释义 | unpersuasionn. The quality or state of not being persuaded; unpersuadedness, lack of conviction.In early quots. spec. denoting resistance to Christian beliefs. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility unbowingnessa1300 impersuasibility?1549 unpliableness1595 unyieldingness1613 unpersuadableness1615 inflexiblenessa1617 rigidity1620 rigidness1620 unpersuasibleness1649 incompliancy1658 impersuasibleness1659 unpersuasiona1684 impersuadableness1715 inflexibility1742 unadvisableness1771 unadaptability1829 unpliancy1831 unyielding1847 uncompromisedness1851 anchylosis1852 uncompromisingness1865 a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 291 The word here us'd for disobedience, signifies properly unpersuasion. a1712 T. Halyburton Great Concern Salvation (1721) i. 58 Children of unperswasion, or imperswadible, and to every good Work reprobate. 1985 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 25 225 A general tone of unpersuasion inhabits most of the replies. 2001 B. Dooley Sci. & Marketplace Early Mod. Italy i. 11 A well-known example of unpersuasion..[is] John Milton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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