of a/an/the (something) persuasion
of a/an/the (something) persuasion
Having the characteristics of a certain type or thing mentioned. Her parents are of a more conservative persuasion, so they don't really approve of our relationship. When it came to light that she had several friends of the communist persuasion, she was blacklisted from the industry immediately.
See also: of, persuasion
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
of the persuasion (that)
holding a belief that something is true or is in existence. Anne is of the persuasion that supports that candidate for mayor. The paranoid person was of the persuasion that aliens lived among us.
See also: of, persuasion
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
of a/the... persuasion
(formal or humorous) of the type mentioned: As a young man, Max had always been of an artistic persuasion. peers of the Liberal persuasionSee also: of, persuasion
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- of a/the... persuasion
- of the persuasion
- persuasion
- if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck
- of the persuasion that
- (straight) from central casting
- (straight) out of central casting
- make odd bedfellows
- out of keeping
- out of keeping with (something)