persuasion

Everyday

1. Persuasion is getting someone to believe or do something by giving good reasons. tree →
2. Persuasion is the skill of doing this. tree →
3. (formal) A persuasion is a set of beliefs, especially a religious or political group: «people of all persuasions». tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons pupils write persuasive texts and learn tools of persuasion: facts, opinions, questions, strong words. In everyday life adverts use persuasion. In safety lessons it warns about tricky persuasion by strangers or scams online. Phrases: «powers of persuasion», «with a little persuasion».

Examples

• With a little persuasion, Dad let us stay up. tree →
• Adverts use persuasion to make you buy things. tree →
• She has great powers of persuasion. tree →
• We studied persuasion in English. tree →
• It took a lot of persuasion to get my brother to swim. tree →
• Be careful of persuasion from strangers online. tree →
• Good persuasion uses facts, not tricks. tree →
• People of all persuasions came to the meeting. tree →
• Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail. tree →

Note

Usually uncountable in the main sense. Verb: persuade; adjective: persuasive. Spelling: -sion. Persuasion with reasons is fair; pressure and tricks are not.