persuasion

Second of all, there's no evidence that sexual persuasion works.

Until then, identifying as any one of those sexual persuasions was illegal and punishable by expulsion from the service with a less than honorable discharge.

Those of a United persuasion, fans and club officials alike, were delighted with what they saw.

“I don’t care what the political persuasion is - women are fed up,” she said.

During the 1990 midterm elections, a group led by Gingrich issued pamphlets among Republicans encouraging them to label their opponents with words like "destroy," "collapse," "traitors," "decay" and "sick" as a key mechanism of persuasion.