the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced.
a deep conviction or belief.
a form or system of belief, especially religious belief: the Quaker persuasion.
a sect, group, or faction holding or advocating a particular belief, idea, ideology, etc.: Several of the people present are of the socialist persuasion.
Facetious. kind or sort.
Origin of persuasion
1350–1400; late Middle English <Latin persuāsiōn- (stem of persuāsiō;see per-, suasion); replacing Middle English persuacioun<Middle French persuacion<Latin, as above
My colleague Dylan Matthews recently reported on findings that voters in general elections are likely not moved at all by campaign persuasion efforts like “canvassing, phone calls, direct mail, TV, online ads, or anything else under the sun.”
Poll: College students are ready to call out people who don’t vote|Jerusalem Demsas|October 16, 2020|Vox
I hesitate to recommend this outright because the “Which is not that true” bit leads me to believe you might be open to the right kind of persuasion.
Is It Ethical to Lie to Get Sex?|Eugene Robinson|October 12, 2020|Ozy
In the three short weeks until Election Day, Pa’Lante is expecting a steady deluge of messages that shift away from persuasion and move into intentional suppression by spreading messages meant to confuse and intimidate voters.
“It’s been really, really bad”: How Hispanic voters are being targeted by disinformation|Tate Ryan-Mosley|October 12, 2020|MIT Technology Review
He conducts research on factors affecting human judgment and decision-making and teaches courses on persuasion and consumer behavior.
How 2020 is like a colonoscopy|jakemeth|September 10, 2020|Fortune
Many focus on issue persuasion, voter mobilization, or fundraising, and some groups use much more sophisticated approaches than others.
Explainer: What do political databases know about you?|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 31, 2020|MIT Technology Review
But Hollande was “insistent,” she writes, and “his strength of persuasion was nuclear.”
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Further, creating models for persuasion is “incredibly hard.”
Did a Flawed Computer Model Sabotage the Democrats?|Ben Jacobs|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My mom stands there, unimpressed by my attempt at persuasion.
Growing Up with Bart Simpson|Alex Suskind|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.
Eat Your Way Through Tampa’s Cuban Oasis|Starbucks|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, budgets may be statements of priorities, but in and of themselves they are not statements of persuasion.
Even Republicans Don’t Like the Ryan Budget|Lloyd Green|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a great deal of trouble and persuasion, I prevailed upon Mr. F. Crockford to undertake it, and we made out the bill of fare.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
There are thousands for whom a blow is a better thing than expostulation, persuasion, or any sort of kindness.
A Rough Shaking|George MacDonald
One mode of persuasion their ingenuity has suggested, which it may, perhaps, be less easy to resist.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6|Samuel Johnson
He exerted all his art and persuasion with Edward to assert his title to the crown of France.
Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 9)|Anonymous
Then I am driven to an unpleasant line of persuasion, though very reluctantly.
Amos Huntingdon|T.P. Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for persuasion
persuasion
/ (pəˈsweɪʒən) /
noun
the act of persuading or of trying to persuade
the power to persuade
the state of being persuaded; strong belief
an established creed or belief, esp a religious one