persuasion

persuasion

Pronunciation: ⁄pəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n⁄

noun

·              1 [mass noun] the action or process of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something:

Monica needed plenty of persuasion before she actually left

·              2a belief or set of beliefs, especially religious or political ones:

writers of all political persuasions

·    a group or sect holding a particular religious belief:

the village had two chapels for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion

·    humorous sort, kind, or nature:

half a dozen gents of British persuasion