Synonyms for persuasion
Most common
faith belief conviction dogma inducement enticement influence nationality
Definitions
- n. 1
A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.
It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.
- n. 2
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
Related words
- Word family
- persuade persuader persuasive
- Phrases
- coercive persuasion
Forms
- Plural
- persuasions → opinions, beliefs, faiths, convictions…
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An opinion is a general conclusion held as probable, tho without full certainty; a persuasion is a more confident opinion, involving the heart as well as the intellect.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- faith All the members but me have faith in what he says.
- belief She helped him in the belief that he was innocent.
- conviction An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- dogma His dogma forbids that he eats fish during Passover.
- enticement My integrity and principles can't be compromised by any financial enticement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| persuasion | steady | |
| faith | rising | |
| belief | rising | |
| conviction | falling | |
| dogma | steady | |
| inducement | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ilk1
- 4 letters
- view1
- 5 letters
- faith1, creed1, dogma2, tenet2
- 6 letters
- belief2
- 7 letters
- thought1, opinion3, suasion2
- 8 letters
- doctrine2
- 9 letters
- influence3, sentiment3
- 10 letters
- conviction3, incitement3, inducement3, enticement3
- 11 letters
- nationality5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dogma2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- persuasion
- Italiano
- persuasione
- Español
- persuasión