influence
noun
[ ˈɪnflʊəns ]
• the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.
• "the influence of television violence"
Similar:
effect,
impact,
control,
sway,
hold,
power,
authority,
ascendancy,
mastery,
domination,
supremacy,
leadership,
guidance,
direction,
pressure,
• electrical or magnetic induction.
influence
verb
• have an influence on.
• "government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and motivations"
Similar:
affect,
have an effect on,
exert influence on,
determine,
guide,
control,
form,
shape,
govern,
decide,
regulate,
change,
alter,
modify,
transform,
impact on,
sway,
bias,
prejudice,
colour,
predispose,
suborn,
bring pressure to bear on,
pressurize,
coerce,
lean on,
pull strings with,
twist someone's arm,
nobble,
persuade,
convince,
talk round,
talk into,
win over,
bring round,
coax,
induce,
inveigle,
impel,
incite,
entice,
tempt,
lure,
cajole,
manipulate,
prompt,
dragoon,
intimidate,
browbeat,
brainwash,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin influentia ‘inflow’, from Latin influere, from in- ‘into’ + fluere ‘to flow’. The word originally had the general sense ‘an influx, flowing matter’, also specifically (in astrology) ‘the flowing in of ethereal fluid (affecting human destiny)’. The sense ‘imperceptible or indirect action exerted to cause changes’ was established in Scholastic Latin by the 13th century, but not recorded in English until the late 16th century.
