SUASION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suasion mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUASION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

persuasion; suasion

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

communicating; communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suasion"):

line (persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress)

arm-twisting (persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure)

bell ringing; canvassing; electioneering (persuasion of voters in a political campaign)

exhortation; incitement (the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion)

proselytism (the practice of proselytizing)

sloganeering (persuasion by means of empty slogans)

prompting; suggestion (persuasion formulated as a suggestion)

artillery; weapon (a means of persuading or arguing)

 Context examples 

Moral suasion was a thing unknown.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)