to be persuaded to change
61hard core — n [singular] BrE a) the small group of people that are most active within a group or organization ▪ the hard core of the Communist party b) a group of people who cannot be persuaded to change their behaviour or beliefs ▪ There is still a small… …
62sturdy — stur|dy [ˈstə:di US ˈstə:r ] adj comparative sturdier superlative sturdiest [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: estourdi stupidly brave, stunned , from estourdir to stun , from Vulgar Latin exturdire to behave like a thrush that has got drunk …
63hard core — noun BrE a) the hard core the small central group that is most active within a group or organization: the hard core of the Communist party b) (singular) BrE a group of people who cannot be persuaded to change their behaviour or beliefs: a hard… …
64sturdy — adjective 1 someone who is sturdy is strong, short, and healthy looking: a sturdy young man | sturdy legs 2 an object that is sturdy is strong, well made, and not easily broken: a sturdy wall 3 determined and not easily persuaded to change your… …
65transsexualism — n. the condition of one who firmly believes that he (or she) belongs to the sex opposite to his (or her) biological gender. Children with such beliefs are treated with encouragement to engage in the activities appropriate to their biological sex… …
66that's flat — I tell you plainly • • • Main Entry: ↑flat * * * informal used to indicate that one has reached a decision and will not be persuaded to change one s mind he won t go into a home and that s flat …
67per·sua·sion — /pɚˈsweıʒən/ noun, pl sions 1 [noncount] : the act of causing people to do or believe something : the act or activity of persuading people It would take a lot of persuasion to get him to agree to such an offer. Most kids don t need much… …
68France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
69international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
70United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
