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1. • • suasion [ swey -zh uh n ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion. an instance of this; a persuasive effort.
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   What is the meaning of the word 'suasion'?

   • The meaning of suasion is 'the act of urging or influencing'.

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   Do people use moral suasion?

   • We were told that they will use moral suasion. Moreover, we are not in reality doing this thing by moral suasion. His only real power is one of suasion. They put all their strength into moral suasion, and did not think that any moral value would come from such restrictions as these.

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   What is beyond moral suasion?

   • James Oakes, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2012 Beyond moral suasion is a clear policy against any form of discrimination that happens to be taking place. Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023 These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'suasion.'

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   What is the third role of moral suasion?

   • The third role is that of exhortation and the use of moral suasion to convince companies to engage in cooperation. Moral suasion may have fallen on deaf ears during the thirties and forties, but by the fifties it might be taken as subversion!

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   SUASION definition: influence, especially from government organizations, that is used to try to persuade banks and…. Learn more.

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     SUASION meaning: influence, especially from government...

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun suasion. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Sep 14, 2023 · This is literally "recommend as good," from PIE root *swād-"sweet, pleasant" (source also of Latin suavis "sweet;" see sweet (adj.)). The English word survives chiefly in the phrase moral suasion (1640s) "act or effort of persuading the moral nature." Latin Suada was the goddess of persuasion.

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   The meaning of SUASION is the act of influencing or persuading. How to use suasion in a sentence.

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   Definition of suasion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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