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proselytize
[pros-uh-li-tahyz]
verb (used with or without object)
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit to a religion or other belief system.
proselytize
/ ˈɒɪɪˌٲɪ /
verb
to convert (someone) from one religious faith to another
Other Word Forms
- proselytistic adjective
- proselytization noun
- proselytizer noun
- ˌDzپˈپDz noun
- ˈDzˌ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of proselytize1
Example Sentences
His health proselytizing was both public and private.
“I don’t go out proselytizing, but I am not going to deny my faith; I’m not going to deny Jesus Christ,” Grammer says.
When I opened my first show, if the collages seemed overtly political or proselytizing in some way, I would remove them.
These chaplains are not prohibited from proselytizing to students.
I was born into a family that didn’t discuss politics at all, only religion, and only in the context of our own denominations of Christianity and proselytizing.
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