persuasion
persuasion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. If the general persuasion of all men does so account it. Hooker. My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes With nice attention. Cowper.
- 2.A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed. Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. Jefferson.
- 3.The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion Shak.
- 4.That which persuades; a persuasive. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see conviction
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- article
- belief
- believer
- body
- canonist
- catholic
- collective
- community
- confession
- creed
- declaration
- denomination
- denominational
- divine
- divinity
- doctrine
- evangelical
- faith
- faithful
- hagiography
- hagiology
- hyperorthodoxy
- iconoclasm
- monotheism
- monotheistic
- mystery
- natural
- nine
- once
- orthodox
- orthodoxy
- profession
- religion
- religious
- schismless
- scholastic
- schoolman
- scriptural
- sect
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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