Suasion

Word SUASION
Character 7
Hyphenation sua sion
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Definitions and meanings of "Suasion"

What do we mean by suasion?

Persuasion. noun

The act or effort of persuading; the use of persuasive means or efforts: now chiefly in the phrase moral suasion. noun

The act of persuading; persuasion. noun

The act of urging or influencing; persuasion. noun

The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action noun

The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.

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The word "suasion" in example sentences

Sometimes, too, the central banks are able to exercise control by the specific exchange controls and by suasion, which is a very powerful weapon of the central banker over the commercial banks. ❋ Unknown (1971)

As an act of moral suasion, which is how I took it, President Obama's statement about "pursue every legal avenue" to prevent their payment is fine ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

For God did not employ an irresistible power by which he might prevent the bones of Christ from being broken by those who approached to break them; but by a mild kind of suasion, he caused that they should not will to break the bones of Christ, by an argument drawn from its inutility. ❋ 1560-1609 (1956)

I suspect critics who see this as an assault on academic freedom and/or free speech see this as egregious owing to the fact that this was uttered from a place of power and privilege and "suasion". ❋ Spurs (2010)

Actually, there is reason to think that the Iranian people are not monolithically anti-American, (remember there is a jewish component among them) and my Iranian friends (many of whom had family members who suffered at SAVAK's whim, when we had far more 'suasion' in their country) assure me that there is a strong pro-Ameerican sentiment, especially among the younger, more well-educated populace. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It will take moral suasion, as well as good organization, to turn the trickle into the river that is needed. ❋ Bishop Pierre Whalon (2011)

I know that keeping the system of civil penalties instead of draconian criminal punishments will allow some discrimination to continue, but at some point, we just have to rely on moral suasion, education, boycotts, and thelike. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Japanese experience underscored the limits of moral suasion and the dangers of taking a gradualist approach to a banking crisis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And now we must summon all of our might and moral suasion to meet the challenges of a new age. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pacifist-anarchist would have us have no security against crime or predation except the sad, reproachful eyes of moral suasion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Finally, he adds, he thinks that moral suasion, education, boycotts, and the like, are the best way to deal with most types of discrimination. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even though some of the "vulture" funds that were holding some of our debt took us to court, we were able, through moral suasion – through Bono and others who joined and put pressure on them – we settled for three cents on the dollar. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's "based on a more intensive use of public sponsorship or moral suasion rather than public money" but above all represents a shift to equity from debt, he said. ❋ Christopher Emsden (2011)

As an example, I favor outlawing infanticide; I favor the federalist conception, perhaps with some minimal restrictions by the federal govt. (e.g., with the federal govt. dictating to the states that no restrictions can be legislated against abortion during the first or second trimester); and generally favor moral suasion when it comes to abortion proper (in lieu of the coercive force of the legal system against abortions). ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has €1.2 billion $1.56 billion from the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and local banks and represents "a new approach in the Italian economic policy, based on a more intensive use of public sponsorship or moral suasion rather than public money," said Andrea Montanino , a senior official at Italy's Economy Ministry, the IIF's creator. ❋ Christopher Emsden (2012)

Bernstein: ... he thinks that moral suasion, education, boycotts, and the like, are the best way to deal with most types of discrimination. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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