Synonyms for persuasion
pərˈsweɪ ʒənper·sua·sion

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1. persuasionnoun

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

2. persuasionnoun

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

3. persuasionnoun

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

4. persuasionnoun

   It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

5. persuasionnoun

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

6. persuasionnoun

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

7. persuasionnoun

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

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1. persuasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, resolution, resolve

   Antonyms:
   disbelief, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, unbelief, uncertainty

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1. persuasion

   Synonyms:
   conviction, inducement, creed, belief, opinion

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1. persuasion, suasionnoun

   the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

   Synonyms:
   thought, view, opinion, suasion, sentiment

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

2. opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thoughtnoun

   a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

   "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

   Synonyms:
   idea, thinking, perspective, aspect, mentation, ruling, purview, cerebration, legal opinion, thought process, vista, view, survey, impression, thought, position, suasion, opinion, belief, prospect, scene, sentiment, panorama, eyeshot, horizon, judgment, judgement, sight, public opinion, notion, intellection, popular opinion, vox populi, feeling

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion

Matched Categories

1. • Belief

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1. persuasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing over

2. persuasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking

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1. persuasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   inducement, suasion, incitement, creed, belief

   Antonyms:
   dissuasion, coercion, constraint

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1. List of paraphrases for "persuasion":

   suasion, persuasive, persuasiveness, conviction, belief, lobbying

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How to use persuasion in a sentence?

1. Francis Rooney:

   The Holy See doesn't have business to promote or consular activities to direct, it's all about the big ideas and the power of persuasion.

2. Micaela Smith:

   I had to do more persuasion to convince the voters.

3. Aeschylus:

   Of all the Gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of Heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

4. Brendan McPhillips:

   You've got to campaign everywhere and talk to everybody, some progressives bristle at this. I am not suggesting you ignore at all the persuasion work that needs to be done to engage your base, but you can't ignore rural parts of the state when you are running statewide. So, you need to show up.

5. Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, chapter 10 (1916):

   [Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.