persuasion
劝说,劝导,劝服,疏导
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Definitions
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- : the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- : the power of persuading; persuasive force.
- : the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced.
- : a deep conviction or belief.
- : a form or system of belief, especially religious belief: the Quaker persuasion.
- : a sect, group, or faction holding or advocating a particular belief, idea, ideology, etc.: Several of the people present are of the socialist persuasion.
- : Facetious. kind or sort.
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Examples
My colleague Dylan Matthews recently reported on findings that voters in general elections are likely not moved at all by campaign persuasion efforts like “canvassing, phone calls, direct mail, TV, online ads, or anything else under the sun.”
I hesitate to recommend this outright because the “Which is not that true” bit leads me to believe you might be open to the right kind of persuasion.
In the three short weeks until Election Day, Pa’Lante is expecting a steady deluge of messages that shift away from persuasion and move into intentional suppression by spreading messages meant to confuse and intimidate voters.
He conducts research on factors affecting human judgment and decision-making and teaches courses on persuasion and consumer behavior.
Many focus on issue persuasion, voter mobilization, or fundraising, and some groups use much more sophisticated approaches than others.
But Hollande was “insistent,” she writes, and “his strength of persuasion was nuclear.”
Further, creating models for persuasion is “incredibly hard.”
My mom stands there, unimpressed by my attempt at persuasion.
You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.
Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to improve institutions we deem defective.
After an hour's insane remonstrance, he gave in to his own alarm, rather than to the of his partner.