Proselytize
verb
To try to persuade someone to change their beliefs, often to your own.
The religious group was known to proselytize among local communities, hoping to convert them to their cause.
Often appears as...
- proselytize about
- proselytize amongst
verb
To try to persuade someone to change their beliefs, often to your own.
The religious group was known to proselytize among local communities, hoping to convert them to their cause.
Often appears as...
- proselytize about
- proselytize amongst
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Pro Tip 1/3Change of Belief
Proselytize refers to the act of persuading someone to adopt new beliefs, usually religious or political.
Missionaries travel to proselytize their faith to new followers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Persuasion
It involves active efforts and strategies to convert someone's thinking, not just casual discussion.
During the debate, he openly tried to proselytize his opponent's supporters.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that proselytizing can be sensitive or offensive in some cultural contexts.
She refrained from proselytizing her beliefs while visiting a country with a different dominant religion.
Pro Tip 1/3Change of Belief
Proselytize refers to the act of persuading someone to adopt new beliefs, usually religious or political.
Missionaries travel to proselytize their faith to new followers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Persuasion
It involves active efforts and strategies to convert someone's thinking, not just casual discussion.
During the debate, he openly tried to proselytize his opponent's supporters.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that proselytizing can be sensitive or offensive in some cultural contexts.
She refrained from proselytizing her beliefs while visiting a country with a different dominant religion.
Pro Tip 1/3Change of Belief
Proselytize refers to the act of persuading someone to adopt new beliefs, usually religious or political.
Missionaries travel to proselytize their faith to new followers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Persuasion
It involves active efforts and strategies to convert someone's thinking, not just casual discussion.
During the debate, he openly tried to proselytize his opponent's supporters.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that proselytizing can be sensitive or offensive in some cultural contexts.
She refrained from proselytizing her beliefs while visiting a country with a different dominant religion.
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Sir David Attenborough's...
is are interesting because if you turn it over and see the outside of the shell of a some pretty enormous one that these others somehow or other got stuck inside it so um fossils for me have always been thrilling and I don't make his programs out of some kind of proselytizing view
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
And they could keep it going. And, in principle, it could've gone on forever, with perfect celibacy on the part of the hosts. The idea being passed on through proselytizing, instead of through the gene line.
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Sir David Attenborough's...
is are interesting because if you turn it over and see the outside of the shell of a some pretty enormous one that these others somehow or other got stuck inside it so um fossils for me have always been thrilling and I don't make his programs out of some kind of proselytizing view
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
And they could keep it going. And, in principle, it could've gone on forever, with perfect celibacy on the part of the hosts. The idea being passed on through proselytizing, instead of through the gene line.
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Zachary Levi
American Actor
There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
I think that veganism is a totally great choice with incredible benefits, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect other people to be vegan or to expect everybody to be vegan. You can proselytize all you want, but being vegan is a pretty intense choice for a lot of people.
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John Cusack
American Actor
But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.
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Robin Quivers
American Celebrity
I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing.
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Tom Cruise
American Actor
If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.
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Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe.
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James Clapper
American Public Servant
ISIL particularly is very slick, very sophisticated, proselytizing and recruiting, and they are very astute users of social media.
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David Novak
American Theologian
Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.
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Sean Hannity
American Writer
I don't think we should proselytize a particular religion.
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Zachary Levi
American Actor
There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
I think that veganism is a totally great choice with incredible benefits, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect other people to be vegan or to expect everybody to be vegan. You can proselytize all you want, but being vegan is a pretty intense choice for a lot of people.
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John Cusack
American Actor
But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.
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Robin Quivers
American Celebrity
I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing.
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Tom Cruise
American Actor
If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.
Quote examples
Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe.
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James Clapper
American Public Servant
ISIL particularly is very slick, very sophisticated, proselytizing and recruiting, and they are very astute users of social media.
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David Novak
American Theologian
Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.
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Sean Hannity
American Writer
I don't think we should proselytize a particular religion.
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