单词 | persuasion |
释义 | persuasion /peuhr sway"zheuhn/, n. 1. the act of persuading or seeking to persuade. 2. the power of persuading; persuasive force. 3. the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced. 4. a deep conviction or belief. 5. a form or system of belief, esp. religious belief: the Quaker persuasion. 6. a sect, group, or faction holding or advocating a particular belief, idea, ideology, etc.: Several of the people present are of the socialist persuasion. 7. Facetious. kind or sort. [1350-1400; late ME < L persuasion- (s. of persuasio; see PER-, SUASION); r. ME persuacioun < MF persuacion < L, as above] Syn. 1. See advice. |
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