Sentence:  She searched for something to say, something other than, "So will this New Year's kiss be of the French <WSD>persuasion</WSD>?", and then found herself mumbling, “Vive la France.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature.