cajolery

English

Etymology

From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cajolery (countable and uncountable, plural cajoleries)

1. The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
   • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 79:

     These women are experts at flattery, cajolery and sexual excitation, and also possess unusual talents for stirring up quarrels, stimulating jealousies and spreading slander and malicious rumors.

Translations

cajolement — see cajolement