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persuasion

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Synonyms and Antonyms of persuasion

1 the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action

the suffragists' gradual persuasion of the American people that voting rights had to be extended to women

Synonyms of persuasion

conversion, convincing, inducement, inducing, persuading, suasion

Words Related to persuasion

blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, entreaty, exhortation, urging, wheedling

seduction, tempting

influencing, prompting, swaying

lobbying, pressuring

brainwashing, overpersuasion

2 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

Synonyms of persuasion

credo, creed, cult, faith, religion

Words Related to persuasion

church, communion, denomination, sect

doctrine, dogma, theology

deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism

Near Antonyms of persuasion

agnosticism, know-nothingism

atheism, godlessness, nonbelief, secularism, unbelief

3 an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge

he's of the persuasion that everything that happens in this world is part of a divine plan

Synonyms of persuasion

belief, conviction, eye, feeling, judgment (or judgement), mind, notion, opinion, sentiment, verdict, view

Words Related to persuasion

impression, perception, take

assumption, presumption, presupposition

conclusion, decision, determination

deliverance, esteem, estimate, estimation

credence, credit, faith

concept, conception, idea, thought

position, stance, stand

comment, obiter dictum, observation, reflection, remark

conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory

advice, input, recommendation, suggestion

angle, outlook, perspective, shoes, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

Near Antonyms of persuasion

4 the capacity to persuade

there was an inherent persuasion in his sonorous voice that made listeners put aside any misgivings about his message

Synonyms of persuasion

authority, cogency, conclusiveness, convincingness, effectiveness, force, forcefulness, persuasiveness, suasiveness

Words Related to persuasion

impact, might, power, punch, strength, weight

believability, credibility, soundness, validity

authoritativeness, definitiveness

influence, sway

appeal, seductiveness

Near Antonyms of persuasion

invalidity, shakiness, unsoundness

feebleness, powerlessness, weakness

Antonyms of persuasion

inconclusiveness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness

Synonym Discussion of persuasion

opinion, view, belief, conviction, persuasion, sentiment mean a judgment one holds as true. opinion implies a conclusion thought out yet open to dispute.

- each expert seemed to have a different opinion

view suggests a subjective opinion.

- very assertive in stating his views

belief implies often deliberate acceptance and intellectual assent.

- a firm belief in her party's platform

conviction applies to a firmly and seriously held belief.

- the conviction that animal life is as sacred as human

persuasion suggests a belief grounded on assurance (as by evidence) of its truth.

- was of the persuasion that everything changes

sentiment suggests a settled opinion reflective of one's feelings.

- her feminist sentiments are well-known

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