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the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action<the suffragistsʼ gradual persuasion of the American people that voting rights had to be extended to women>Synonymsconvincing, inducement, inducing, persuading, suasionRelated Wordscajolery, coaxing, exhortation, urging; seduction, tempting; influencing, prompting, swaying; lobbying, pressuring
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a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities<debating theology with someone of a different persuasion>— see religion 1
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an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge<heʼs of the persuasion that everything that happens in this world is part of a divine plan>— see opinion 1
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