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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Bella Abzug:

   We need laws that protect everyone. Men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion... ah, persuasion.

2. Benjamin Disraeli:

   That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my Prayer; that these great consequences can only be brought about by the energy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion. We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.

3. Doug Watts:

   He has a different standard of persuasion and proof. Nothing more, he questions (climate change) and cares about the environment.

4. Gavin Newsom:

   It's about boots on the ground, door knocking. It's about text messaging, it's not a persuasion campaign. I mean, you'll still find people that may be on the fence, but it's really about turnout. Labor knows how to turn out.

5. Army Col. Robert Maginnis:

   Political appointees have a lot of political persuasion, they are essentially political animals kowtowing to their political masters who have an agenda.