persuasionnoun
uk/pəˈsweɪ.ʒən/us/pɚˈsweɪ.ʒən/persuasion noun (CHANGING IDEAS)
C2 [ U ] the action of persuading someone or of being persuaded:
It took a lot of persuasion to convince the committee of the advantages of the new plan.
She will help you - she just needs a little gentle persuasion.
The occasion will be a test of the senator's powers of persuasion (= his ability to persuade people).
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuade
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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persuasion noun (BELIEFS)
[ C ] a particular set of beliefs, especially religious ones:
We need a society which welcomes people of all religious persuasions.
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs