Unpersuasion

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of not being persuaded; disbelief or doubt. uncountable

    "The word here used for disobedience signifies properly unpersuasion; and nothing can more properly express the nature of unbelief than that; and it is the very nature of our corrupt hearts […]"

Example

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"The word here used for disobedience signifies properly unpersuasion; and nothing can more properly express the nature of unbelief than that; and it is the very nature of our corrupt hearts […]"

Etymology

From un- + persuasion.

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