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dissolving agent |
dissonance |
dissonant |
dissonate |
dissuade |
dissuasion
| dissuasive
| dissyllable
| dissymmetry
| distaff
| distaff side
dissuasion
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dissuasion has 2 senses
- dissuasion(n = noun.communication) Array - a communication that dissuades you; Array is a kind of discouragement
- dissuasion(n = noun.communication) Array - persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action; Array is a kind of communicating, communication
Derived form verb dissuade1
Derived form verb dissuade1
Antonym: persuasion
ROGET THESAURUS
dissuasion
Dissuasion
N dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance, deprecation, discouragement, damper, wet blanket, disillusionment, disenchantment, cohibition, curb, check, reluctance, contraindication, dissuading, dissuasive, dehortatory, expostulatory, monitive, monitory, dissuaded, admonitory, uninduced &c (induce), unpersuadable, averse, repugnant, repressed.Confutation
N confutation, refutation, answer, complete answer, disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation, exposure, exposition, clincher, retort, reductio ad absurdum, knock down argument, tu quoque argument, sockdolager, correction, dissuasion, confuting, confuted capable of refutation, refutable, confutable, defeasible, contravene (counter evidence), condemned on one's own showing, condemned out of one's own mouth, the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio, it does not hold water, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo, his argument was demolished by new evidence.
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