Finally, he gave in to my persuasion.
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Persuasion
//pɚˈsweɪʒən//
Synonyms for "persuasion" (195 found)
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descriptiondesignationdisciplesdivisiondogmadominancedominationeffecteminenceenchantmentengagementenlistmententicementesteemevangelizationexhortationexhortingeyefactionfaith
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personalitypersuadingphylumpitchpotencypowerpreachingpreachmentpredilectionpredominanceprejudicepreponderanceprepossessionpressureprestigeproselytismproselytizationpullpurchaseracereignreligionreligious orderreputerulesales talksalesmanshipsayschismschoolschool of thoughtsectsectarismsegmentsellingsentimentsettled judgmentshapesnow jobsocietysoft soapsolicitationsortspeciesstampstaunch beliefsteadfast faithstrainstripestylesuasionsubtle influencesuggestionsupremacyswaysweet talktemptationtenetthe like ofthe likes oftribetypeunshaken confidenceupper handvarietyversionviewweightwheedlingwhip handworking on
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Translations
70 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- oortuiging noun (the act of persuading)
Arabic
2 entries- إِقْنَاع noun (the act of persuading)
- قَنَاعَة noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
Armenian
1 entries- հորդորանք noun (the act of persuading)
Bulgarian
3 entries- убедителност noun (one's power of persuading)
- убеждаване noun (the act of persuading)
- убеждение noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
Catalan
2 entries- persuasió noun (the act of persuading)
- persuasió noun (one's power of persuading)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 勸說 /劝说 noun (the act of persuading)
- 說服 /说服 noun (the act of persuading)
- 說服力 /说服力 noun (one's power of persuading)
Dutch
2 entries- overtuiging noun (the act of persuading)
- overtuiging noun (a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs)
Esperanto
1 entries- persvado noun (the act of persuading)
Finnish
4 entries- kuppikunta noun (a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs)
- suostutteleminen noun (one's power of persuading)
- suostuttelu noun (one's power of persuading)
- vakaumus noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
French
1 entries- persuasion noun (the act of persuading)
German
4 entries- Überredung noun (the act of persuading)
- Überredungskunst noun (one's power of persuading)
- Überzeugung noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
- Überzeugung noun (a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs)
Greek
1 entries- πειθώ noun (the act of persuading)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁכְנוּעַ noun (the act of persuading)
Hungarian
4 entries- faj noun ((by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature)
- fajta noun ((by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature)
- felekezet noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
- felfogás noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
Italian
1 entries- persuasione noun (the act of persuading)
Japanese
2 entries- 説得 noun (the act of persuading)
- 説得力 noun (one's power of persuading)
Latin
1 entries- suādēla noun (the act of persuading)
Macedonian
1 entries- убедување noun (the act of persuading)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اقناع noun (the act of persuading)
Persian
1 entries- اقناع noun (the act of persuading)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwazeijunk noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
Polish
1 entries- perswazja noun (the act of persuading)
Portuguese
1 entries- persuasão noun (the act of persuading)
Romanian
1 entries- persuasiune noun (the act of persuading)
Russian
4 entries- убеди́тельность noun (one's power of persuading)
- убежде́ние noun (the act of persuading)
- убежде́ние noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
- убежде́ние noun (one's power of persuading)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- barail noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
- beachd noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
- coiteachadh noun (the act of persuading)
Spanish
2 entries- chamuyo noun (the act of persuading)
- persuasión noun (the act of persuading)
Turkish
4 entries- ikna noun (the act of persuading)
- ikna noun (one's power of persuading)
- itikat noun (a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs)
- kanaat noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
Yiddish
1 entries- איבערצײַגונג noun (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Finally, he gave into my persuasion.
Source: tatoeba (39914)
Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.
Source: tatoeba (324806)
No rational person, of whatever political persuasion, could possibly object to the program.
Source: tatoeba (325343)
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