cajolement

noun

Definition of cajolementnext
as in exhortation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cajolement
  1. exhortation
  2. inducement
  3. persuading
  4. coaxing
  5. entreaty
  6. conversion
  7. wheedling
  8. blandishment
Noun
  • The speech would end with an exhortation for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register, which Mitchell had helped draft.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Duckworth also faced backlash from critics who argued that her message was, at best, a series of hollow exhortations to simply try harder and, at worst, an insidious form of victim-blaming that ignored structural inequality.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhortation
Noun
  • Does not America offer any inducement for men to settle here?
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • At this point, many of the magnets provide no discernible integration benefit and are viewed instead as inducements for any student to enroll.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of inducement
Noun
  • Technical knowledge can be taught and examined but the skills Freebairn values most, such as influencing, persuading, and negotiating, cannot.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In reality, Blanding says, her sister didn’t need much persuading.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuading
Noun
  • Her debut was a bit of a fluke at the coaxing of her close friend, the harpist and DJ Mary Lattimore.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Spider Plant Unlike snake plants, spider plants need no coaxing to make more plants for your collection.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of coaxing
Noun
  • But such is the scale of Brazil’s polarization that many Brazilians are insensible to Lula’s entreaties and want the left defeated.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Abroad, their entreaties had remained unsuccessful, their diplomats had remained unrecognized, and their national existence had remained unrealized.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of entreaty
Noun
  • The researchers concluded that modifying the cathode’s functional group chemistry provides a simple and effective way to improve iodine conversion kinetics while stabilizing aqueous zinc-iodine batteries.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Tests in Italy and New York, where conversion increased, backed this decision.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of conversion
Noun
  • Checkers can see your shortcuts, your reportorial wheedling, your blind spots.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of wheedling
Noun
  • Impressed by the senator’s blandishments, the egoistic journalist argues military strategy and then faces a moment of conscience.
    — Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
  • People want to hear blandishments about engagement and infrastructure.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Definition of blandishment
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