Dissuasions

/dɪsˈsweɪʒənz/ noun

Definition

Plural of dissuasion; multiple instances or types of persuading someone not to do something.

Etymology

From dissuasion (Latin dissuasio + -ion noun suffix) + -s (plural marker). This forms the plural to refer to multiple acts or instances of dissuasion.

Kelly Says

Medieval writing is full of 'dissuasions'—entire moral books were written as conversations where wise people used various dissuasions to talk younger people out of sin.

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