From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpersuasionper‧sua‧sion /pəˈsweɪʒən $ pər-/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun1PERSUADE[uncountable] the act of persuading someone to do somethingAfter a little gentle persuasion, Debbie agreed to let us in.It had taken a great deal of persuasion to get him to accept.She used all her powers of persuasion (=skill at persuading people) to convince Tilly that it was the right thing to do.2[countable] formalBELIEVE a particular type of belief, especially a political or religious onepolitical/religious persuasionWe need people with talent, whatever their political persuasions.politicians of all persuasions3 →of the ... persuasionExamples from the Corpuspersuasion• For Athenian citizens at least, theirs was a societygoverned by persuasion and consensus as opposed to force and coercion.• Until the law was passed, the agency could only use gentlepersuasion to get industries to reducewaste.• And this will take much time and much persuasion.• Jealousculturalministers from other lands wonder what nefariouspersuasions he used.• He might still have loved her and been capable of persuasion.• It took a lot of persuasion to get Dad to agree to the idea.• The Republicanleader used every means of persuasion to get senators to vote against the bill.• The fate of the bill in Congress will depend on Brady's powers of persuasion.• people of all political persuasions• We are young and old, black and white, from every socioeconomicclass and political persuasion.• Movementleadershiprequirespersuasion, not giving orders.• This view, indeed, is shared with scholars of many political and sociological persuasions.• They hope to end the conflict using persuasion rather than threats.gentle persuasion• We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste.• The first victim was packagingbuyer, , who agreed, after a little gentle persuasion, to be covered with foam.• Into Water I believe that to conquerfear of water, gentle persuasion is the best tack.political/religious persuasion• He prides himself on his ability to get along with people of all political persuasions.• We are young and old, black and white, from every socioeconomic class and political persuasion.• This taking into municipalownership of a variety of undertakings had variousaims for those of differingpolitical persuasions.• In the electronicrepublic, political manipulation is the other side of the coin of effectivepolitical persuasion.• And that morning he had used every ounce of political persuasion and outrightmuscle to twist his colleagues into agreement.• Try problems involving differences in gender, race, religion, political persuasion, nationalidentity, or the like..• Reducing waitinglists is at the top of all politicians' political agendas, regardless of their political persuasion.• For a party, a layercake can be iced and decorated to fit the occasion, or according to your political persuasion.