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CAJOLERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cajolery mean? 

CAJOLERY (noun)
  The noun CAJOLERY has 1 sense:

1. flattery intended to persuadeplay

  Familiarity information: CAJOLERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAJOLERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flattery intended to persuade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blandishment; cajolery; palaver

Hypernyms ("cajolery" is a kind of...):

flattery (excessive or insincere praise)

Derivation:

cajole (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering)


 Context examples 


And they enslaved you over again—but not frankly, as the true, noble men would do with weight of their own right arms, but secretly, by spidery machinations and by wheedling and cajolery and lies.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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