proselytize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
To coerce into religious conversion.
To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz/ /ˈpɹɒs.əl.ə.taɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proselytize.wav /ˈpɹɑ.sə.lɪ.taɪz/ /ˈpɹɑ.sə.lə.taɪz/ /ˈpɹɑ.zə.lɪ.taɪz/ /ˈpɹɑ.zə.lə.taɪz/

Word forms

proselytize proselytizes proselytizing proselytized proselytise

Etymology

From proselyte + -ize.

Synonyms

evangelize convert advocate back endorse peddle recruit

Related words

proselyte proselytism

Derived words

proselytization proselytizer proselytute

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 傳教 /传教 Czech: obrátit na víru Czech: obracet na víru Danish: omvende Dutch: bekeren Finnish: käännyttää Finnish: tehdä lähetystyötä French: prosélytiser German: bekehren German: missionieren German: seinen Glauben predigen German: seinen Glauben verkünden Greek: προσηλυτίζω Hungarian: megtérít Hungarian: áttérít (hitre, vallásra) Japanese: 改宗 Malayalam: മതം മാറ്റുക Norwegian: misjonere Polish: apostołować Portuguese: converter Russian: обраща́ть в свою веру Serbo-Croatian: preobratiti se Serbo-Croatian: promijeniti vjeru Serbo-Croatian: konvertirati se Spanish: misionar Spanish: catequizar Spanish: proselitizar Swedish: omvända Swedish: proselytisera Welsh: proselyteiddio

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