persuasions
Acts of convincing
Persuasions are kinds or varieties, especially of belief or opinion: people of various political persuasions, writers of the modernist persuasion.
The word often carries a light, slightly ironic tone, as if beliefs were lifestyle choices.
Persuasion in the singular is the act of convincing someone: She needed no persuasion to accept the offer.
Strongly held beliefs
- creedsFormal declarations of faith
- faithsSystems of worship
- doctrinesCodified belief systems
- religionsOrganized belief systems
worldviews · philosophies · ideologies · tenets · dogmas · orthodoxies · sects · denominations
Disputes or reasoning chains
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
- pitchesThrows or proposals
- pleasEarnest requests or supplications
- urgingsPressures to act
exhortations · entreaties · inducements · overtures · propositions · cajolery · coaxing · wheedling
convictions
Strongly held beliefs
religions · worldviews · philosophies · ideologies · tenets · dogmas · orthodoxies · sects · denominations · schools of thought
arguments
Disputes or reasoning chains
urgings · exhortations · entreaties · inducements · overtures · propositions · cajolery · coaxing · wheedling · sweet-talking
persuasionscoercions
Forceful persuasion tactics
threats · commands · compulsions · force · intimidation
persuasionsdisabilities
Conditions restricting normal function
compulsions · prohibitions · deterrents · incapacities · constraints
persuasionsdissuasions
Acts of talking out
discouragements · deterrence · assumptions · presuppositions · instincts
- political persuasionOne's ideological orientation
- moral persuasionInfluence through ethics
- verbal persuasionConvincing through speech
- religious persuasionOne's system of worship
- persuasion techniquesMethods for influencing beliefs