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

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jawboning collapse

dogma collapse: a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma"; a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

preaching collapse

ism collapse

suspecting collapse

leery collapse: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

unpersuadable collapse: not susceptible to persuasion

enticement collapse: the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"

incredulous collapse: not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

not buy collapse

tenet collapse

lobbying collapse

turn down collapse: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

solicitation collapse: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money); request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"; an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief"

beg off collapse

cult collapse: a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"; adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

schism collapse: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

temptation collapse: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce; the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"

dominance collapse: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

leverage collapse: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses); strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

skeptical collapse

ilk collapse

sect collapse: a subdivision of a larger religious group

snow job collapse: a long and elaborate misrepresentation

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

allurement collapse: attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness"

belief collapse: any cognitive content held as true

genre collapse: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work

genus collapse: a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"; (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

salesmanship collapse: skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; "he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help"

confession collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution; a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party; a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century); a public declaration of your faith; an admission of misdeeds or faults

predominance collapse: the state of being predominant over others

sales talk collapse: promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

whip hand collapse

upper hand collapse: position of advantage and control

enlistment collapse: the act of enlisting (as in a military service); a period of time spent in military service

importance collapse: the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"; a prominent status; "a person of importance"

incitement collapse: something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

species collapse: a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"; (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

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