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.
noun
Other Word Forms
- suasive adjective
- suasively adverb
- suasiveness noun
- suasory adjective
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
Example Sentences
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Credit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for understanding this and engaging in moral suasion with foreign-exchange traders last week to help Tokyo stabilize the yen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Some will argue that self-expression is the goal, others moral suasion; some will prefer soft power to storming the barricades and some the reverse.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024
For the rest, Washington should aggressively deploy moral suasion, trade and aid — economic as well as military.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022
You have a voice in it — a voice that can be amplified by suasion — but so do your neighbors.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021
Talk about your moral suasion, I tell you there's a time when only one thing counts.
From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace
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