moral suasion
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Persuasion brought to bear by appeals to someone's moral sense or ethics.
Example Sentences
- "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."