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1. the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something:

説得する［される］こと, 説得(力)

e.g. Monica needed plenty of persuasion before she actually left.

2. a belief or set of beliefs, especially religious or political ones:

｟かたく/おどけて｠ 信条, 信仰

e.g. writers of all political persuasions.

a group or sect holding a particular religious belief:

宗派, 政党

e.g. the village had two chapels for those of the Methodist persuasion.

humorous any group or type of person or thing linked by a specified characteristic, quality, or attribute:

種類, タイプ (!しばしばA is of (the) ... ～の形で用いる)

e.g. an ancient gas oven of the enamel persuasion.

late Middle English: from Latin persuasio(n-), from the verb persuadere (see persuade).