Meaning & use
Blandishments
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Flattering or coaxing words or actions used to persuade someone to do something.
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No amount of blandishments could convince her to change her vote.
The salesman's blandishments eventually wore down the skeptical customer.
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Traces back to the Latin 'blandiri,' meaning to flatter or coax; almost always used in the plural in modern English.
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