of the persuasion



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Glorianaglawr-ee-AN-əEnglish (Rare)
Vina-Indonesian
&Aelig;Lf&Thorn;Ry&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
IldikÓ-Hungarian
Amhlaoibh-Irish
Dechen-Tibetan, Bhutanese