Persuader
noun
A person who persuades or convinces others to do something.
As a salesperson, he is an effective persuader, he can make anyone buy his product.
Often appears as...
- effective persuader
- skilful persuader
noun
Something used to persuade or convince someone, often referring to a weapon or tool.
He took out a persuader from his pocket, threatening them into submission.
Often appears as...
- a persuader weapon
- used a persuader
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person who persuades or convinces others to do something.
As a salesperson, he is an effective persuader, he can make anyone buy his product.
Often appears as...
- effective persuader
- skilful persuader
noun
Something used to persuade or convince someone, often referring to a weapon or tool.
He took out a persuader from his pocket, threatening them into submission.
Often appears as...
- a persuader weapon
- used a persuader
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Skill
Often implies a positive trait suggesting good communication skills.
A teacher must be a good persuader to engage students.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Contexts
Mainly used in neutral or positive contexts, less in negative ones.
Nonprofits seek persuaders to raise awareness.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Influence
Focus on one's ability to influence others, not force.
He's such a persuader, he can get us to volunteer with ease.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Skill
Often implies a positive trait suggesting good communication skills.
A teacher must be a good persuader to engage students.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Contexts
Mainly used in neutral or positive contexts, less in negative ones.
Nonprofits seek persuaders to raise awareness.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Influence
Focus on one's ability to influence others, not force.
He's such a persuader, he can get us to volunteer with ease.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Skill
Often implies a positive trait suggesting good communication skills.
A teacher must be a good persuader to engage students.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Contexts
Mainly used in neutral or positive contexts, less in negative ones.
Nonprofits seek persuaders to raise awareness.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Influence
Focus on one's ability to influence others, not force.
He's such a persuader, he can get us to volunteer with ease.
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Video examples
How a handful of tech...
so that as the world gets better and more and more persuasive over time -- because it's only going to get more persuasive -- that the people in those control rooms are accountable and transparent to what we want. The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the persuadee.
Video examples
Adam Nicolson: The King...
Palace so you have this very good crew you know the tough man and the slick operator the persuader and the enforcer and they arranged the six committees in the most careful bureaucratic way and each of these committees given very
Video examples
How a handful of tech...
so that as the world gets better and more and more persuasive over time -- because it's only going to get more persuasive -- that the people in those control rooms are accountable and transparent to what we want. The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the persuadee.
Video examples
Adam Nicolson: The King...
Palace so you have this very good crew you know the tough man and the slick operator the persuader and the enforcer and they arranged the six committees in the most careful bureaucratic way and each of these committees given very
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
In a way, advertising, for all its shallowness, its love of design, its modishness and its self-justification, is curiously innocent. The idea of the hidden persuader or the manipulator is largely absurd.
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Tristan Harris
American Activist
The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the persuadee.
Quote examples
Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
In a way, advertising, for all its shallowness, its love of design, its modishness and its self-justification, is curiously innocent. The idea of the hidden persuader or the manipulator is largely absurd.
Quote examples
Tristan Harris
American Activist
The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the persuadee.
Example 1 of 2
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