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Definition of Dissuasion
1. Noun. A communication that dissuades you.
2. Noun. Persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action.
Definition of Dissuasion
1. n. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.
Definition of Dissuasion
1. Noun. the act or an instance of dissuading ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissuasion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissuasion
Literary usage of Dissuasion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Athenian Clubs in Politics and Litigation by George Miller Calhoun (1913)
"THE Dissuasion OF ADVOCATES Just as witnesses might be induced to refrain from
testifying, so influence might be brought to bear on advocates to prevent ..."
2. Madagascar Revisited, Describing the Events of a New Reign and the by William Ellis (1867)
"... the sentence — Dissuasion from a reckless waste of human life—Favours granted
by the Ministers to the Mission— The timber of the palace bought for the ..."
3. The Art of Discourse: A System of Rhetoric, Adapted for Use in Colleges and by Henry Noble Day (1872)
"... three things are to be regarded: — -, First, the specific object of the
discourse, whether persuasion in its strict sense, dissuasion, or incitement; ..."
4. History of Greece by George Grote (1857)
"... dissuasion ' * spite of the receiving on his way the spontaneous surrender of
Par. of the town of Priapus. Aware that the enemy was not far distant, ..."
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