Crossword-Solution: PERSUASION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Persuasion | n. | The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. |
| Persuasion | n. | The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. |
| Persuasion | n. | 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. |
| Persuasion | n. | The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. |
| Persuasion | n. | That which persuades; a persuasive. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “PERSUASION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the act of persuading | 1 answer |
| The art of convincing someone to do or believe something | 1 answer |
| A particular religious belief. | 1 answer |
| PERSUADING | 3 answers |
| BLACKMAIL (ant.) | 5 answers |
| change of heart | 11 answers |
| Religious belief | 11 answers |
| COMMUNICATION INTENDED TO INDUCE BELIEF OR ACTION | 11 answers |
| articles of faith | 14 answers |
| allurement | 21 answers |
| Temptation | 22 answers |
| Religion | 36 answers |
| Stimulus | 39 answers |
| exhortation | 51 answers |
| creed | 53 answers |
| Ransom | 57 answers |
| intimidation | 59 answers |
| Advice | 66 answers |
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Sentences with PERSUASION (5)
Only my disinclination to leave Weena, and a persuasion that if I began to slake my thirst for murder my Time Machine might suffer, restrained me from going straight down the gallery and killing the brutes I heard.
Every broken answer he had deepened his impression of the great disaster that had come on humanity, deepened his persuasion of the immediate necessity for prosecuting this flight.
Victorious deeds Flamed in my heart, heroic acts—one while To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke; Then to subdue and quell, o’er all the earth, Brute violence and proud tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restored: 220 Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear; At least to try, and teach the erring soul, Not wilfully misdoing, but unware Misled; the stubborn only to subdue.
However, by a vote of 19 to 15, the movement continued to oppose violence and to limit its power to an appeal based on moral persuasion.
However that may be, the fact remained that no amount of persuasion could influence him even to show himself upon the music hall stage, and upon the single occasion that the trainer attempted force the results were such that the unfortunate man considered himself lucky to have escaped with his life.
Quotes with PERSUASION (3)
Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROM PLAYING WITH PEOPLES' LIVES?! Shigure: Well, yes, now that you mention it, I do--BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD! Kyo: Man, your persuasion skills SUCK! Tohru: Um, welcome home. Dinner's-Kyo: NOT HUNGRY! Shigure: KYO! DON'T TAKE THIS OUT ON TOHRU! And come back to the entrance hall this instant and take those shoes off! Yuki: He's right, Shigure. You really do suck at persuasion.
There is no part of one’s beliefs about oneself which cannot be modified by sufficiently powerful psychological techniques. There is nothing about oneself which cannot be taken away or changed. The proper stimuli can, if correctly applied, turn communists into fascists, saints into devils, the meek into heroes, and vice-versa. There is no sovereign sanctuary within ourseles which represents our real nature. There is nobody at home in the internal fortress. Everything we cheri…
Culturally, though not theologically, I’m a Christian. I was born a Protestant of the white Anglo-Saxon persuasion. And while I do love that great teacher of peace who was called Jesus, and while I do reserve the right to ask myself in certain trying situations what indeed He would do, I can’t swallow that one fixed rule of Christianity insisting that Christ is the only path to God. Strictly speaking, then, I cannot call myself a Christian. Most of the Christians I know accep…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1960–1973).