as in convincing
the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action a defense lawyer uses not only legal arguments but also moral suasion to appeal to a jury's sense of right and wrong

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Recent Examples of suasion Read More: Believing Myths About Aging Makes Growing Old Worse Initially, their belief in moral suasion worked. Rebecca Brannon / Made By History, TIME, 3 July 2024 In this brilliant new look at the destruction of slavery during the American Civil War, Oakes reveals how the U.S. abolitionist movement relied not only on high-minded moral suasion but also on the small-bore legalistic strategy of the Republican Party. James Oakes, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2012 Beyond moral suasion is a clear policy against any form of discrimination that happens to be taking place. Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023 As psychologist Asa Hilliard later explained, among those strategies were moral suasion, litigation, grassroots organizing, civil disobedience, economic boycotts, the solicitation of corporate sponsors and the use of television. Bev-Freda Jackson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for suasion 
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Noun
  • Black voters deserve to be persuaded, and successful political persuasion requires a strong ground game and direct voter contact — something that campaigns over the last few decades have largely failed to do.
    Derrick Johnson, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
  • One message shined through this election season, regardless of political persuasion: Revitalizing American manufacturing is of vital importance to the economic health of the country.
    Ethan Karp, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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  • Look at trends for online engagement, drop-off points in customer journeys and lead conversion data.
    Stephen Spratley, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Pretty much everyone can reel off the latest dollar-to-peso conversion rates (official and black market), the minutiae of fuel-price fluctuations, and fiercely defended opinions about which past government has screwed things up the most.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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  • In some ways, the House settlement accepts and accommodates this reality while also aiming to put some of that inducement back in the tube.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Through a combination of coercion and inducement, China has sought to simultaneously expand its geopolitical clout and mitigate its domestic overcapacity challenges by expanding its engagement with the global South.
    Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024

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“Suasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suasion. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

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