Prepersuasion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of preparing a person to be amenable to persuasion. uncountable

    "In this way it [humor] can be used to set up alliances and oppositions, and can act as pre-persuasion even before the central topic of a communication is begun."

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"In this way it [humor] can be used to set up alliances and oppositions, and can act as pre-persuasion even before the central topic of a communication is begun."

Etymology

From pre- + persuasion.

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