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Sentence count:203+16Posted:2017-02-23Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: dissuasionSimilar words: persuasivepersuasivelypersuadeevasionunder suspicioninvasionoccasionabrasionMeaning: [pər'sweɪʒn /pə's-]  n. 1. the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action 2. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. 
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61. I mean, not just a Euro-Communist or of the pinkish persuasion.
62. Reducing waiting lists is at the top of all politicians' political agendas, regardless of their political persuasion.
63. It took a lot of persuasion to get Dad to agree to the idea.
64. The quite understandable confusion comes in the area of just what is meant by persuasion and permission.
65. Rather, he was able to use his considerable personal appeal and powers of persuasion to convince others to take his line.
66. Such a cramped view of foreign policy leaves military pressure as the only plausible means of persuasion.
67. We find that a persuasive argument, should we need any further persuasion beyond the plain wording of the Act.
68. Reluctance and misunderstanding must in their case be dissolved as far as possible by rational persuasion.
69. They hope to end the conflict using persuasion rather than threats.
70. Until the law was passed[sentencedict.com], the agency could only use gentle persuasion to get industries to reduce waste.
71. How is this possible if the art of persuasion is such a highly skilled task?
72. He might still have loved her and been capable of persuasion.
73. But 19-year-old model Saffron Domini needed little persuasion to appear in a harrowing film about racism and violence.
74. The Master tried both persuasion and threats but ... was compelled at length to send for a constable and resort to force.
75. Time and again he has used persuasion - and on occasion shock tactics - to try to prevent young girls having abortions.
76. An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion, perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument.
77. During the war he worked in psychological warfare, and doubtless learnt many of his more infuriating tricks of debating and persuasion.
78. The president could have moved mountains with a golden economy and his powers of persuasion, but he didn't.
79. The group is composed mostly of university professors, though of every persuasion from Keynesian to libertarian to Marxist.
80. Streetwise Upper-Intermediate explores metaphors and proverbs; rhythm and stress; and the language of persuasion as used in advertising.
81. He would put some one together, build an Identity, a skein of persuasion and habit, ever so subtle.
82. Debates over important issues, from nuclear weapons to public ownership, have been settled by manipulation rather than persuasion.
83. Despite the powerful persuasion of such experiences, there is no centrifugal force pushing you outward as the car turns.
84. Into Water I believe that to conquer fear of water, gentle persuasion is the best tack.
85. Integration was a Viking way of life; usually by force, rather than by persuasion.
86. The government's approach in persuasion, not enforcement, since enforcement of current legislation is unworkable.
87. He had another go at persuasion and wrote Adam long letters to his college begging for compromises.
88. The following are some of the tactics researchers have observed in effective managers: Persuasion Use of logical arguments to persuade others.
89. Others use all the persuasion they can to draw in recruits.
90. They also possess more subtle powers of political pressure and the use of persuasion.
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