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suasion

[ swey-zhuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
  2. an instance of this; a persuasive effort.


suasion

/ ˈsweɪʒən /

noun

  1. a rare word for persuasion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsuasive, adjective
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Other Words From

  • sua·sive [swey, -siv], sua·so·ry [swey, -s, uh, -ree], adjective
  • suasive·ly adverb
  • suasive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suasion1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of suasion1

C14: from Latin suāsiō, from suādēre to persuade
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Example Sentences

If Palestinians had eschewed violence in favor of peaceful resistance and moral suasion, they probably would have had a viable state long ago.

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.

In language echoing the early, harsh years of the epidemic, Heritage called HIV/AIDS a “lifestyle disease” that should be suppressed by “education, moral suasion and legal sanctions.”

Corporate boards have found ways to circumvent efforts to rein in executive pay through tax rules, shareholder voting options, and moral suasion.

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.

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