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Synonyms for persuasion

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Synonyms for persuasion

something believed or accepted as true by a person

a system of religious belief

those who accept and practice a particular religious belief

a class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members

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Synonyms for persuasion

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Ultimately this study demonstrates how Kennedy's liberal persuasion defined the era in which he lived and offers a powerful model for Americans today.
Kung ang problema doon sa Mindanao ay nakasalalay sa isang tao kagaya ni Misuari na napakalaki ng impluwensiya at malaking grupo na maaring magkaroon ng sigalot, tungkulin ng Presidente na gawin ang lahat ng kanyang makakaya persuasion na tulungan [If the problem in Mindanao depends on one person like Misuari who wields influence and whose large group can cause conflict, it's the President's duty to do his best, such as persuasion, to help Misuari]," he said during a Palace press briefing.
Aside from marketing and sales, the strategy of persuasion introduced in the text covers both business and personal success.
[ClickPress, Fri Aug 17 2018] The Persuasion Code: How Neuromarketing Can Help You Persuade Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime is available on September 12.
This year's DoubleDigitGrowth Sales Master Class series continues as it brings to the Philippines 'The Persuasion Doctor' David Goldwich, MBA, JD for a one-day Strategic Negotiation Master Class in Makati City.
"The Female Persuasion: a Novel" by Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead Books
In 2018, at its thirty-ninth annual meeting, the Jane Austen Society of North America celebrated the two-hundredth anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's Persuasion. The theme of the conference, "200 Years of Constancy and Hope," was a heartfelt tribute to the novel, and the programs and speakers brought that theme to life.
Ryan takes on the burden of persuasion and brings this case to the public at large, hiding under the veil of fiction what she cannot expose in the court of law.
Previous research on narrative persuasion and entertainment education has shown that incorporating important health messages about, for example, HPV vaccination in entertaining narratives specifically designed for this purpose can be more powerful in reaching and convincing target audiences than rhetorical messages (Murphy, Frank, Chatterjee, & Baezconde-Garbanati, 2013).
Baldwin, PhD, of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and his colleagues, has proven to be a successful persuasion tool in addressing other aspects of behavior.
Attempting to soften, define, and redirect the antagonistic narratives of the day, "Propaganda and Persuasion: The Cold War and the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society" by historian Jennifer Anderson is the definitive story of the CSFS in Cold War era Canada.
Abstract: To address the ongoing debate over the merits of dual- versus single-process models of information processing in persuasion research, the assumptions of Yin-Yang paradigm in communications are explored on the basis of the Chinese dialectical thinking literature.
Part of the appeal of the course is how clearly he explains the problems associated with persuasion, and how he derives effective tactics from this examination.
Muscat: Three skills -- people skill, persuasion skill and prioritising skill -- are important for making a venture successful, a motivational speaker said here.