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Synonyms for persuasion
pərˈsweɪ ʒənper·sua·sion
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Wiktionary
persuasionnoun
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dissuasionpersuasionnoun
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dissuasionpersuasionnoun
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dissuasionpersuasionnoun
It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.
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dissuasionpersuasionnoun
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dissuasionpersuasionnoun
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dissuasionpersuasionnoun
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dissuasion
English Synonyms and Antonyms
persuasionnoun
Synonyms:
assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, resolution, resolveAntonyms:
disbelief, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, unbelief, uncertainty
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
persuasion
Synonyms:
conviction, inducement, creed, belief, opinion
Princeton's WordNet
persuasion, suasionnoun
the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
Synonyms:
thought, view, opinion, suasion, sentimentAntonyms:
dissuasionopinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thoughtnoun
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
"my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
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idea, thinking, perspective, aspect, mentation, ruling, purview, cerebration, legal opinion, thought process, vista, view, survey, impression, thought, position, suasion, opinion, belief, prospect, scene, sentiment, panorama, eyeshot, horizon, judgment, judgement, sight, public opinion, notion, intellection, popular opinion, vox populi, feelingAntonyms:
dissuasion
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
persuasionnoun
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influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing overpersuasionnoun
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conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
persuasionnoun
Synonyms:
inducement, suasion, incitement, creed, beliefAntonyms:
dissuasion, coercion, constraint
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "persuasion":
suasion, persuasive, persuasiveness, conviction, belief, lobbying
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #79 | view | |
| #921 | position | |
| #991 | thought | |
| #1128 | decision | |
| #1234 | idea | |
| #1288 | survey | |
| #1471 | opinion | |
| #1488 | resolution | |
| #1972 | thinking | |
| #2712 | scene | |
| #2935 | feeling | |
| #3355 | confidence | |
| #3493 | perspective | |
| #4123 | determination | |
| #4456 | judgment | |
| #4489 | aspect | |
| #4813 | vista | |
| #4976 | sight | |
| #5376 | belief | |
| #5434 | assurance | |
| #5981 | resolve | |
| #7180 | ruling | |
| #7353 | impression | |
| #7527 | horizon | |
| #7727 | notion | |
| #7939 | prospect | |
| #9120 | conviction | |
| #12068 | judgement | |
| #12494 | panorama | |
| #12818 | creed | |
| #14531 | lobbying | |
| #14578 | certainty | |
| #15505 | sentiment | |
| #19283 | persuasion | |
| #21552 | persuasive | |
| #48684 | purview | |
| #53505 | inducement | |
| #54778 | mentation | |
| #144997 | persuasiveness | |
| #233288 | suasion | |
| #247243 | intellection |
How to use persuasion in a sentence?
My hot take: Good lawyers win with civility persuasion, not physical intimidation and threats of violence. We aren’t afraid to engage with people and ideas we disagree with. Apparently many of the students missed this lesson.
We turn out our base, we're going to win, unquestionably, it's not a persuasion campaign. People are locked in. But the profound consequences -- particularly the leading candidate on the other side, Larry Elder -- people just need to take a close look.
Political appointees have a lot of political persuasion, they are essentially political animals kowtowing to their political masters who have an agenda.
The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.
This is persuasion in the interest of their project. We understand that, they put us in good hotels, treated us to nice meals.
Translations for persuasion
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- oortuigingAfrikaans
- إقناعArabic
- Überredungskunst, Überredung, ÜberzeugungGerman
- πειστικότηταGreek
- persvadoEsperanto
- persuasiónSpanish
- suostuttelu, vakaumus, kuppikunta, suostutteleminenFinnish
- persuasionFrench
- áitimhIrish
- barail, coiteachadh, beachdScottish Gaelic
- प्रोत्साहनHindi
- 説得力, 説得Japanese
- ಮನವೊಲಿಸುವುದುKannada
- overtuigingDutch
- уговор, убеждённость, убедительность, убеждениеRussian
- ఒప్పించగలిగేTelugu
- การชักชวนThai
- حوصلہ افزائیUrdu
- thuyết phụcVietnamese
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