suasion
Meaning
Noun
- The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
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Origin
- 14th century. From Middle English suasion, from Latin suasio ("counselling, advice, persuasion"), from Latin suadeo ("I urge, exhort; I suade, persuade"), from Proto-Italic *swādēō ("to recommend; to advise"), from Proto-Indo-European *swoh₂déye-, from *sweh₂d-. Cognate with English suave ("charming, confident and elegant"), Italian suadere ("to persuade") and Spanish suadir ("to persuade").
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