Dissuasion (Noun)
Meaning 1
A communication that dissuades you.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Related Words
Meaning 2
Persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The counselor's gentle dissuasion helped the student to reconsider her decision to drop out of college.
- The doctor's dissuasion was effective in convincing the patient to rethink his decision to stop taking his medication.
- The worried parents tried to use dissuasion to talk their son out of quitting his well-paying job.
- The politician's advisors used all sorts of dissuasion to discourage her from making a public apology.
- After some careful consideration and dissuasion from her friends, she decided not to invest in the questionable business venture.