Definition of suasion Suasion
/swejˈʒʌn/ - [sweyshun] - sua•sion
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What does suasion mean?
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| suasion - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | ||
| persuasion | ||
| dissuasion persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action | ||
| communicating, communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| arm-twisting persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure; "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"; "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree" | ||
| canvassing, electioneering, bell ringing persuasion of voters in a political campaign | ||
| exhortation, incitement a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action | ||
| proselytism the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel | ||
| sloganeering persuasion by means of empty slogans | ||
| prompting, suggestion the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association | ||
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Wiktionary 
- suasion (Noun)
The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suasion (n.)
The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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suasion
swā′zhun, n. the act of persuading or advising: advice.—adj. Suā′sive, tending to persuade: persuasive.—adv. Suā′sively.—n. Suā′siveness. [Fr.,—L. suasio—suadēre, to advise.]
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🔤- suasion, noun, singular of suasions.
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