CANVASSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canvassing mean? 

• CANVASSING (noun)
  The noun CANVASSING has 1 sense:

1. persuasion of voters in a political campaign

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANVASSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persuasion of voters in a political campaign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bell ringing; canvassing; electioneering

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

persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)

 Context examples 

We think so very differently on this point, Mr. Knightley, that there can be no use in canvassing it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

You cannot think what a sweet place Cleveland is; and we are so gay now, for Mr. Palmer is always going about the country canvassing against the election; and so many people came to dine with us that I never saw before, it is quite charming!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)