suasion

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈsweɪʒən/ UK /ˈsweɪʒən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of persuading or urging by appeal rather than force

He relied on moral suasion rather than coercion.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of persuading or... persuasion inducement exhortation urging coaxing

Opposites

coercion compulsion dissuasion

Word family

Derived forms suasive

Related forms persuade persuasion suade dissuade

Etymology

From Latin suāsiō ('a recommending, persuasion'), from suādēre ('to advise, urge'), from suāvis ('sweet, agreeable'), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh2dus ('sweet').

suāsiō Latin suādēre Latin *swéh2dus Proto-Indo-European

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# suasion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsweɪʒən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsweɪʒən/

## Meanings
1. the act of persuading or urging by appeal rather than force

## Examples
- He relied on moral suasion rather than coercion.

## Synonyms
- persuasion
- inducement
- exhortation
- urging
- coaxing

## Antonyms
- coercion
- compulsion
- dissuasion

## Derived Forms
- suasive

## Related Forms
- persuade
- persuasion
- suade
- dissuade

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: suāsiō
- Root: suādēre
- Root: *swéh2dus

## Etymology
From Latin suāsiō ('a recommending, persuasion'), from suādēre ('to advise, urge'), from suāvis ('sweet, agreeable'), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh2dus ('sweet').

## AI Etymology
Suasion is from Latin suāsiō ('a recommending, persuasion'), from suādēre ('to advise, urge'), from suāvis ('sweet, agreeable'), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh2dus ('sweet'). Important recorded forms include suāsiō (Latin), suādēre (Latin), and *swéh2dus (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers the act of persuading or urging by appeal rather than force. The wider family includes derived forms such as suasive and related words such as persuade, persuasion, suade, and dissuade.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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