1) friendly persuasion
2) (humorous) religious persuasion (what is their religious persuasion?)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
persuasion — [ pɛrsɥazjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1315; lat. persuasio 1 ♦ Action de persuader. Il vaut mieux agir par la persuasion que par la force. Cet orateur a un grand pouvoir de persuasion. (Sujet chose) Dans un livre, la beauté « agit par persuasion, comme le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Persuasión — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La persuasión es un método de influencia social. Es el proceso de guiar a la gente y uno hacia la adopción de una idea, actitud, o la acción mediante significados racionales y simbólicos (aunque no siempre lógicos).… … Wikipedia Español
Persuasion — is a form of social influence. It is the process of guiding people toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by rational and symbolic (though not always logical) means. It is strategy of problem solving relying on appeals rather than… … Wikipedia
Persuasion — Per*sua sion, n. [L. persuasio; Cf. F. persuasion.] 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
persuasion — Persuasion. s. f. Action des personnes ou des choses qui persuadent. L orateur & l éloquence ont pour but la persuasion. ce Predicateur a le don de persuasion. agir à la persuasion d un autre. Il signifie aussi, Ferme croyance. J ay fait cela… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Persuasion — bezeichnet: Überredung, siehe Persuasive Kommunikation eine Form der Psychotherapie (Persuasionstherapie) einen Roman von Jane Austen siehe Überredung vier Filme/Miniserien nach diesem Roman: aus dem Jahr 1960, siehe Persuasion (1960) aus dem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
persuasion — The meaning ‘belief or conviction’, as in a person of no particular persuasion, has developed into a much weaker sense ‘kind or sort’, as in no one of the male persuasion. The OED used to label uses as ‘slang or burlesque’ but has changed the… … Modern English usage
persuasion — late 14c., action of inducing (someone) to believe (something), from O.Fr. persuasion (14c.), from L. persuasionem (nom. persuasio) a convincing, persuading, from persuadere persuade, from per thoroughly, strongly + suadere to urge, persuade,… … Etymology dictionary
persuasion — [n1] influencing to do, believe alignment, alluring, arm twist*, blandishment, brainwashing*, cajolery, cogency, con*, conversion, enticement, exhortation, force, goose*, hard sell*, hook*, inducement, inveiglement, persuasiveness, potency, power … New thesaurus
persuasión — sustantivo femenino 1. (no contable) Capacidad que tiene una persona para convencer a otra: Ése es un mal vendedor, porque no tiene muchas dotes de persuasión … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
persuasion — I noun actuation, advocacy, alignment, argument, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, coaxing, conversion, dissuasion, encouragement, enlistment, enticement, exhortation, incitation, incitement, inducement, influence, insistence,… … Law dictionary
