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Definition of Persuasion

Persuasion 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. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. 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. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. That which persuades; a persuasive. Related Definitions: Act, Adhering, Agreed, All, Anything, Are, As, Been, Being, Belief, By, Certain, Conviction, Convinced, Creed, Determination, Has, Induced, Influencing, Mind, Of, Offered, Opinion, Or, Party, Persuaded, Persuading, Persuasion, Persuasive, Power, Quality, Same, Sect, Settled, State, System, That, The, To, Which, Will

Persuasion Quotations Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces. Henry David Thoreau Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. Aristotle In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech. Aristotle Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. Thomas Carlyle We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations. Mahmoud Abbas

Persuasion Translations persuasion in Dutch is overreding persuasion in French is persuasion, croyance

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