Word Meanings - PERSUASION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion. Otway. 2. The state

Additional info about word: PERSUASION

1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion. Otway. 2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. If the general persuasion of all men does so account it. Hooker. My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes With nice attention. Cowper. 3. A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed. Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. Jefferson. 4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion Shak. 5. That which persuades; a persuasive. Syn. -- See Conviction.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PERSUASION)

• Instance
• Entreaty
• request
• prompting
• persuasion
• example
• solicitation
• case
• illustration
• exemplification
• occurrence
• point
• precedence
• Tenet
• Dogma
• article
• principle
• creed
• doctrine
• opinion
• belief

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  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• INSTANCE
  1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott. 2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. The instances that second marriage
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  In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
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  An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. South.
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  Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
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  Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.
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  The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
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