cajolementn.
/kəˈdʒəʊlmənt/ The action of cajoling.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling
blandishingc1305
flatteryc1320
blandishc1475
fleechingc1480
coying1580
blandishment1591
suppalpation1634
cajolery1649
wheedling1668
coaxing1672
cajolingc1724
cajolement1816
plámás1853
fleechment1886
sloothering1892
wheedlery1909
snow-jobbing1966
sweet-talking1981
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > [noun]
fleechingc1480
cajolery1649
wheedling1668
coaxing1672
cajolingc1724
cajolement1816
fleechment1886
sloothering1892
wheedlery1909
sweet-talking1981
1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. II. 85 Neither official pomposity, threat, or cajolement, could blind him.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 356 The Hermes impersonates the eloquence of cupidity, the cajolement of power regnant.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xii. 281 Plied them with tears..kisses, cajolements.
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