cajolery C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /kəˈdʒoʊləri/ UK /kəˈdʒəʊləri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun persuasion by flattery, coaxing, or gentle deception No amount of cajolery could change the judge's mind. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · persuasion by flattery,... coaxingwheedlingflatteryblandishmentinveiglementpersuasionblarney ↔ Opposites coercionforce Word family Related forms cajolecajoler Etymology AI details From French cajolerie, from cajoler ('to coax, flatter'), of uncertain origin, perhaps a blend of cageoler ('to chatter like a caged jay') and gaioler ('to lure'). cajolerie French View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cajolery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈdʒoʊləri/ **IPA (UK):** /kəˈdʒəʊləri/ ## Meanings 1. persuasion by flattery, coaxing, or gentle deception ## Examples - No amount of cajolery could change the judge's mind. ## Synonyms - coaxing - wheedling - flattery - blandishment - inveiglement - persuasion - blarney ## Antonyms - coercion - force ## Related Forms - cajole - cajoler ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cajolerie ## Etymology From French cajolerie, from cajoler ('to coax, flatter'), of uncertain origin, perhaps a blend of cageoler ('to chatter like a caged jay') and gaioler ('to lure'). ## AI Etymology Cajolery comes from French cajolerie, from cajoler ('to coax, flatter'), of uncertain origin, perhaps a blend of cageoler ('to chatter like a caged jay') and gaioler ('to lure'). The historical trail runs through cajolerie in French. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as a noun, cajolery now means "persuasion by flattery, coaxing, or gentle deception", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cajole and cajoler. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown