persuasion

  • 21PERSUASION — s. f. Action de persuader. L éloquence a pour but ordinaire la persuasion. Cet orateur a le don, le talent de la persuasion. Agir à la persuasion d un autre. Fig., Avoir la persuasion sur les lèvres, Être fort persuasif, fort éloquent. PERSUASION …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22PERSUASION — n. f. Action de persuader. Cet orateur a le don, le talent de la persuasion. Il a obtenu ce résultat par persuasion plutôt que par autorité. PERSUASION signifie aussi état de celui qui est persuadé. J’ai agi dans la persuasion que vous… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 23Persuasion Ep — Infobox Album | Name = Persuasion Ep Type = album Artist = Billie Ray Martin Released = 1993, re issued 2003 Genre = Industrial / Soundscapes Label = Guerilla, Stahl 2 Producer = Spooky Last album = This album = Persuasion Ep Next album = |… …

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  • 24persuasión — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Acción y resultado de persuadir o convencer de una cosa a una persona. 2 Estado de la persona que está segura o convencida de alguna cosa. SINÓNIMO convencimiento * * * persuasión (del lat. «persuasĭo, ōnis»; «Adquirir,… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 25persuasion */ — UK [pə(r)ˈsweɪʒ(ə)n] / US [pərˈsweɪʒ(ə)n] noun Word forms persuasion : singular persuasion plural persuasions 1) [uncountable] the process of persuading someone to do or believe something We achieve much more by persuasion than by brute force.… …

    English dictionary

  • 26persuasion — n. 1) friendly persuasion 2) (humorous) religious persuasion (what is their religious persuasion?) * * * [pə sweɪʒ(ə)n] friendly persuasion (humorous) religious persuasion (what is their religious persuasion?) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27persuasion — per|sua|sion [pəˈsweıʒən US pər ] n 1.) [U] the act of persuading someone to do something ▪ After a little gentle persuasion , Debbie agreed to let us in. ▪ It had taken a great deal of persuasion to get him to accept. ▪ She used all her powers… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28persuasion — per|sua|sion [ pər sweıʒn ] noun * 1. ) uncount the process of persuading someone to do or believe something: We achieve much more by persuasion than by brute force. powers of persuasion: Using her powers of persuasion, she got him to help. 2. )… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29persuasion — [[t]pə(r)swe͟ɪʒ(ə)n[/t]] persuasions 1) N UNCOUNT Persuasion is the act of persuading someone to do something or to believe that something is true. Only after much persuasion from Ellis had she agreed to hold a show at all... She was using all… …

    English dictionary

  • 30persuasion — noun 1 the act or skill of persuading someone to do something: After a little gentle persuasion, Debbie agreed to let us in. | powers of persuasion (=skills used for persuading) 2 (C) formal a particular kind of belief, especially a political or… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English