persuasion

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From French persuasion and its source, Latin persuāsiō, from persuādēre, from suādēre (“to advise, recommend”).

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oortuiging — the act of persuading
• Arabic: إِقْنَاع (ʔiqnāʕ) — the act of persuading
• Armenian: հորդորանք (hordorankʻ) — the act of persuading
• Bulgarian: убеждаване (ubeždavane) — the act of persuading
• Catalan: persuasió — the act of persuading
• Chinese Mandarin: 勸說 /劝说 (quànshuō) — the act of persuading
• Chinese Mandarin: 說服 /说服 (shuōfú) — the act of persuading
• Dutch: overtuiging — the act of persuading
• Esperanto: persvado — the act of persuading
• French: persuasion — the act of persuading
• German: Überredung — the act of persuading
• Greek: πειθώ (peithó) — the act of persuading
• Hebrew: שִׁכְנוּעַ (shikhnúa) — the act of persuading
• Hungarian: rábeszélés — the act of persuading
• Hungarian: meggyőzés — the act of persuading
• Italian: persuasione — the act of persuading
• Japanese: 説得 (settoku) — the act of persuading
• Latin: suādēla — the act of persuading
• Macedonian: убедување (ubeduvanje) — the act of persuading
• Persian: اقناع (eqnâ') — the act of persuading
• Polish: perswazja — the act of persuading
• Portuguese: persuasão — the act of persuading
• Romanian: persuasiune — the act of persuading
• Russian: убежде́ние (ubeždénije) — the act of persuading
• Russian: угово́ры (ugovóry) — the act of persuading
• Scottish Gaelic: coiteachadh — the act of persuading
• Spanish: persuasión — the act of persuading
• Spanish: chamuyo — the act of persuading
• Turkish: ikna — the act of persuading
• Ottoman Turkish: اقناع (iknâʼ) — the act of persuading
• Welsh: persŵad — the act of persuading
• Arabic: قَنَاعَة (qanāʕa) — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Bulgarian: убеждение (ubeždenie) — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Finnish: vakaumus — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• German: Überzeugung — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Hungarian: meggyőződés — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Hungarian: hitvallás — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Hungarian: hit — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Hungarian: felekezet — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Hungarian: felfogás — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Hungarian: pártállás — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Plautdietsch: Äwazeijunk — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Russian: убежде́ние (ubeždénije) — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Russian: убеждённость (ubeždjónnostʹ) — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Scottish Gaelic: barail — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Scottish Gaelic: beachd — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Turkish: kanaat — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Turkish: kanı — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Yiddish: איבערצײַגונג (ibertsaygung) — a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief
• Bulgarian: убедителност (ubeditelnost) — one's power of persuading
• Catalan: persuasió — one's power of persuading
• Chinese Mandarin: 說服力 /说服力 (shuōfúlì) — one's power of persuading
• Finnish: suostutteleminen — one's power of persuading
• Finnish: suostuttelu — one's power of persuading
• German: Überredungskunst — one's power of persuading
• Hungarian: meggyőző erő — one's power of persuading
• Hungarian: rábeszélő képesség — one's power of persuading
• Japanese: 説得力 (settokuryoku) — one's power of persuading
• Russian: убежде́ние (ubeždénije) — one's power of persuading
• Russian: убеди́тельность (ubedítelʹnostʹ) — one's power of persuading
• Turkish: ikna — one's power of persuading
• Turkish: kandırma — one's power of persuading
• Dutch: overtuiging — a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs
• Finnish: kuppikunta — a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs
• German: Überzeugung — a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs
• Russian: убежде́ние (ubeždénije) — a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs
• Turkish: itikat — a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs
• Hungarian: hovatartozás — (by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature
• Hungarian: faj — (by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature
• Hungarian: fajta — (by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature
• Hungarian: nem — (by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature