Persuasion vs Denomination - What's the difference?
persuasion | denomination | Related terms |
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
* 2006 , Rachel Morris, "Borderline Catastrophe", Washington Monthly , vol. 38:10:
An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.
* 1928 , "The New Pictures", Time , 13 Feb 1928:
A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.
One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.
A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.
* 2009 , US Catholic (letter), May 2009:
(colloquial) Any group having a specified characteristic or attribute in common.
* 2010 , "We don't need gay stereotypes", The Guardian , 6 Feb 2010:
(uncountable) The act of naming]] or [[designate, designating.
(countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
(countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious sub-goup; as, a religious denomination.
(countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc
:: What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
Persuasion is a related term of denomination.
As nouns the difference between persuasion and denomination
is that persuasion is persuasion while denomination is denomination (all senses).persuasion
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(wikipedia persuasion)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- With the base unleashed, the White House was unable to broker a compromise, either by persuasion or by pressure.
- Sadie curses, weeps, then, infected by Mr. Hamilton's writhing persuasions , prays and becomes penitent.
- It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.
- As a convert from the Baptist persuasion more than 40 years ago, I still feel like an outsider in the church despite the kindness and acceptance of Catholic friends.
- Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions .
Antonyms
* dissuasion * dissuasionDerived terms
* persuade * persuasive * suasion ----denomination
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(wikipedia denomination)Noun
- She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
