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moral suasions

moral suasions is the plural of moral suasion.

Meaning of moral suasion

Noun

moral suasion (plural moral suasions)

  1. Persuasion brought to bear by appeals to someone's moral sense or ethics.
    • The temperance movement also exacerbated ethnic tensions. Before 1850 this movement had been primarily one of self-denial and moral suasion aimed at persuading the Protestant middle and working classes to cast out demon rum and become sober, hard-working, upward-striving citizens.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 133

Questions about moral suasions

What is moral suasions the plural of?
Moral suasions is the plural of moral suasion.

Words near moral suasions in the dictionary

  1. moral science
  2. moral sciences
  3. moral sense
  4. moral senses
  5. moral suasion
  6. moral suasions
  7. moral support
  8. moral system
  9. moral systems
  10. moral turpitude
  11. moral universe

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