EXHORTATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does exhortation mean?
• EXHORTATION (noun)
The noun EXHORTATION has 2 senses:
1. a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
2. the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
Familiarity information: EXHORTATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHORTATION (noun)
Meaning:
A communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("exhortation" is a kind of...):
communicating; communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)
Meaning:
The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
exhortation; incitement
Hypernyms ("exhortation" is a kind of...):
persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhortation"):
pep talk (a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff)
