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How to pronounce suasion in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms persuasion
Type of communication, communicating
Has types bell ringing, canvassing, electioneering, exhortation, incitement, line, prompting, proselytism, sloganeering, suggestion, arm-twisting, weapon, artillery

Examples of suasion

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Amnesty's weapons are moral suasion strengthened with a potent brew of publicity.
From the time.com
Moral suasion is one of their powerful but often not effectively used instruments.
From the theatlantic.com
How, you ask, can Argentina possibly still wield any financial suasion abroad?
From the businessweek.com
There will be open letters, moral and immoral suasion, proxy battles galore.
From the businessweek.com
A club that works by consensus and abhors sanctions has only moral suasion.
From the economist.com
In counseling, mainline pastors aren't trained to give advice or practice moral suasion.
From the timesunion.com
Now we must summon all of our might and moral suasion to meet the challenges of a new age.
From the kansas.com
In the meantime, its chief weapon is moral suasion aimed at companies.
From the economist.com
He has severed the trust and thrown away the moral suasion that make presidents effective.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Persuasion: the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
  • Persuasion is a form of social influence. It is the process of guiding oneself or another toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by rational and symbolic (though not always logical) means.
  • The act of urging or influencing; persuasion
  • Advising, persuasion us news