persuasion
noun
the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
self-persuasion
-
a word derived from
persuasion.
Example Sentences
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In asserting that the Browns wanted the story made public, Brooks is "guilty of a degree of blinkeredness if not self-persuasion".
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
Those qualities that many critics find cloying could also be melodic acts of self-persuasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He felt that he was no longer in spirit the Knight of the Holy Ghost, and he required for self-persuasion the conference of the outward honours of knighthood.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Elsie, was indulging in that most delusive thing, self-persuasion.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Louis Tracy
The hope flickered; only the momentary necessity for self-persuasion kept it alive.
From Special Messenger by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
