suasion
Americannoun
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the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
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an instance of this; a persuasive effort.
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Etymology
Origin of suasion
1325–75; Middle English < Latin suāsiōn- (stem of suāsiō ), equivalent to suās ( us ), past participle of suādēre to advise ( suād-, verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s ) + -iōn- -ion
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All that remains may be the power of public suasion, but Gilead hasn’t demonstrated much sensitivity to such pressure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
But over time, leadership shifted from moral suasion to political patronage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
But “She Said” largely stresses the unglamorous grind of an investigation: the phone calls, the doorstepping, the delicate moral suasion that reporters use to convince sources to trust them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
They use scale, narrative and moral suasion to shape public opinion and collective identity.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2020
It was inevitable that Carver should undervalue moral suasion; a military man, he recognized only the arbitrament of brute force.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
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