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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•sua•sion /pɚˈsweɪʒən/USA pronunciation n. - the act of persuading or seeking to persuade:[uncountable]With a little persuasion they might help you.
- power to persuade:[uncountable]arguments with a great deal of persuasion behind them.
- Religion a form or system of belief:[countable]those of the liberal persuasion.
- a group, faction, kind, or sort:[countable]musicians of the New Wave persuasion.
See -suade-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•sua•sion (pər swā′zhən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- the power of persuading;
persuasive force. - the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced.
- a deep conviction or belief.
- Religiona form or system of belief, esp. religious belief:the Quaker persuasion.
- a sect, group, or faction holding or advocating a particular belief, idea, ideology, etc.:Several of the people present are of the socialist persuasion.
- Slang Terms[Facetious.]kind or sort.
- Latin, as above
- Middle French persuacion
- Latin persuāsiōn- (stem of persuāsiō; see per-, suasion); replacing Middle English persuacioun
- late Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See advice.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: persuasion /pəˈsweɪʒən/ n - the act of persuading or of trying to persuade
- the power to persuade
- the state of being persuaded; strong belief
- an established creed or belief, esp a religious one
- a sect, party, or faction
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin persuāsiō; see persuade |