Definition of proselytize in English:

proselytize

(British proselytise)

verb ˈprɒsɪlɪtʌɪzˈprɑs(ə)ləˌtaɪz

[with object]

1Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.
使（某人）皈依；使（某人）改变宗教（或信仰、意见）
the programme did have a tremendous evangelical effect, proselytizing many
该计划确实有巨大的传教效果，使许多人改变了宗教信仰。
no object proselytizing for converts
为争取皈依者而活动。
Example sentencesExamples
- Today's evangelicals, like 16 th-century Protestants, seek to proselytize and convert in ways that today's mainline largely does not.
- She was aggressively proselytized by local church authorities and told that she would never see her lost children if she didn't convert and accept baptism.
- Only eccentrics and proselytising zealots can welcome such advances without trepidation.
- A central plank of this policy is that the sharing of personal belief ‘must not include proselytising (seeking to convert) others about a particular faith’.
- This is likely to occur in tandem with growth in adherence to another tradition, and this in turn may involve the universalizing or proselytizing character of the other tradition.
- North America attracted the English Crown as a forward base to attack Spain's possessions, and the Church of England fitfully heeded biblical imperatives to proselytize the heathen.
- Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism were all proselytizing religions, with active mechanisms for conversion; Hinduism was not.
- Its commitment to open proselytizing and open dissemination of ideas through the printed word was conceivable only in the relatively liberal atmosphere that prevailed in the early days of the July Monarchy.
- I do think that in the current era I follow His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in thinking that it is not correct or necessary, or even beneficial, to proselytise Buddhism and like convert America to Buddhism or something, as a religion.
- But he's careful not to proselytise, to seek converts to the Sikh tradition.
- The Academy has been fighting controversies over the past two years, including allegations that evangelical Christians on campus have been overzealous in proselytizing other students.
- Most religions tend to proselytize and to accept or encourage marriages with converts, resulting in quite large, genetically diverse populations.
- And since they rely on channels of sociality beyond their immediate context, chains model the idea of proselytising.
- I don't want to proselytize him like he's done to me.
- Hunters are even proselytizing women, our primordial gatherers, so that the whole family can go a-shooting.
- An individual can convert without having been proselytized; proselytizing, however, is a natural accompaniment to conversion.
- The games present a dilemma for a proselytising church with 60,000 international missionaries.
- Nevertheless, we are not required to proselytize and attempt to convert others to Judaism, since a good non-Jew is spiritually better off than a bad Jew…
- They have every right to engage in proselytizing, but before they begin proselytizing Jews, I wish they knew a lot more about Judaism.
- One of the ways the US came to deal with this in a practical manner has been this: churches didn't pay taxes and in return they didn't expect the government to proselytise for them.
Synonyms
evangelize, convert, seek/make converts, bring to God/Christ, bring into the fold, spread the gospel/word (to), propagandize, preach (to), win over, recruit
brainwash
1. 1.1 Advocate or promote (a belief or course of action)
  鼓吹（信仰）；促进（行动）
  Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas
  戴维斯想让别人分享他的观念，竭力鼓吹自己的想法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He interrupts the sermon to proselytize his own beliefs - a system he characterizes by saying nothing.
  Both the IOC and FIFA have embraced and proselytised the central tenet that a belief in the positive values of sport is at the heart of their purpose and their success.
  Underneath its scholarly precision, her prose has a proselytizing edge; she urges us to think about the marginalia that we come across and hopes our libraries will preserve annotated books.
  And during the same period, he was actively proselytizing a concept of the artist as a paradigmatic example of actively chosen personal freedom.
  The Treasury Secretary became ubiquitous at Federal Hall, proselytizing congressmen for assumption and packing the gallery with supporters.
  He should ask the parents of 12-year-olds in shopping malls, who actually get proselytised and promoted to by those who are pushing these drugs, what they think.
  Alone among his august superstar peers, he is famed for proselytising about new artists.
  But maybe what's needed is someone to proselytise and promote the thinkers within the organisation.
  Second, many professors do abuse the power of the podium in order to proselytize for their particular ideological views and to attack competing ideas.
  He has no intention of suspending his proselytising against socialism and advocacy of a pro-capitalist perspective.
  They do not proselytize or promote themselves.
  It's to educate and not indoctrinate, to present and not proselytize.
  Synonyms
  promote, present, spread, proclaim, peddle, propound, preach, back, urge, suggest, support, advocate, endorse, champion, sponsor, espouse, advance, further, assist, aid, help, contribute to, foster, boost

Derivatives

proselytization

noun

His combination of scientific method, confident proselytization, and field experience - as a soldier in both world wars and a journalist in Latin American brush fire wars - was convincing, and his idea gained extraordinary currency.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such official proselytization and prayer by a public official is, of course, the hallmark of unconstitutional conduct under the Establishment Clause.
- Diplomacy, proselytization, trade, credit, and currency exchange all require that the units share some common social understanding of themselves, their relationship, and their activity.
- I await with bated breath their similar proselytization of the Christian Easter festivities.
- To begin with, as I noted earlier, some communitarian groups would like to legally prohibit apostasy, heresy, and proselytization, which they view as undermining people's constitutive ends.

proselytizer

noun ˈprɒsɪlɪtʌɪzəˈprɑs(ə)ləˌtaɪzər

Like a religion bent on enlarging its congregation, it has a huge phalanx of proselytizers - who call themselves not missionaries but educators.
Example sentencesExamples
- At its worst, it is an active proselytizer for aiming national and international health resources at things irrelevant to actually fighting disease.
- The proselytizers could point to the Canadian Charter of Rights as the secular scripture that protects any religious expression that doesn't threaten freedom and democracy.
- The problem for these proselytizers of privatization, however, is that the more people learn about the plan, the more they oppose it.
- Will annoying street corner speakers, preachers, and proselytizers next be relegated to chat rooms alone?

Definition of proselytize in US English:

proselytize

(British proselytise)

verbˈpräs(ə)ləˌtīzˈprɑs(ə)ləˌtaɪz

[with object]

1Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.
使（某人）皈依；使（某人）改变宗教（或信仰、意见）
the program did have a tremendous evangelical effect, proselytizing many
该计划确实有巨大的传教效果，使许多人改变了宗教信仰。
no object proselytizing for converts
为争取皈依者而活动。
Example sentencesExamples
- I do think that in the current era I follow His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in thinking that it is not correct or necessary, or even beneficial, to proselytise Buddhism and like convert America to Buddhism or something, as a religion.
- An individual can convert without having been proselytized; proselytizing, however, is a natural accompaniment to conversion.
- And since they rely on channels of sociality beyond their immediate context, chains model the idea of proselytising.
- Today's evangelicals, like 16 th-century Protestants, seek to proselytize and convert in ways that today's mainline largely does not.
- Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism were all proselytizing religions, with active mechanisms for conversion; Hinduism was not.
- But he's careful not to proselytise, to seek converts to the Sikh tradition.
- The games present a dilemma for a proselytising church with 60,000 international missionaries.
- A central plank of this policy is that the sharing of personal belief ‘must not include proselytising (seeking to convert) others about a particular faith’.
- Nevertheless, we are not required to proselytize and attempt to convert others to Judaism, since a good non-Jew is spiritually better off than a bad Jew…
- Hunters are even proselytizing women, our primordial gatherers, so that the whole family can go a-shooting.
- I don't want to proselytize him like he's done to me.
- The Academy has been fighting controversies over the past two years, including allegations that evangelical Christians on campus have been overzealous in proselytizing other students.
- Its commitment to open proselytizing and open dissemination of ideas through the printed word was conceivable only in the relatively liberal atmosphere that prevailed in the early days of the July Monarchy.
- This is likely to occur in tandem with growth in adherence to another tradition, and this in turn may involve the universalizing or proselytizing character of the other tradition.
- They have every right to engage in proselytizing, but before they begin proselytizing Jews, I wish they knew a lot more about Judaism.
- She was aggressively proselytized by local church authorities and told that she would never see her lost children if she didn't convert and accept baptism.
- North America attracted the English Crown as a forward base to attack Spain's possessions, and the Church of England fitfully heeded biblical imperatives to proselytize the heathen.
- Most religions tend to proselytize and to accept or encourage marriages with converts, resulting in quite large, genetically diverse populations.
- Only eccentrics and proselytising zealots can welcome such advances without trepidation.
- One of the ways the US came to deal with this in a practical manner has been this: churches didn't pay taxes and in return they didn't expect the government to proselytise for them.
Synonyms
evangelize, convert, make converts, seek converts, bring to christ, bring to god, bring into the fold, spread the gospel, spread the word, spread the gospel to, spread the word to, propagandize, preach, preach to, win over, recruit
1. 1.1 Advocate or promote (a belief or course of action)
  鼓吹（信仰）；促进（行动）
  Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas
  戴维斯想让别人分享他的观念，竭力鼓吹自己的想法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Treasury Secretary became ubiquitous at Federal Hall, proselytizing congressmen for assumption and packing the gallery with supporters.
  Second, many professors do abuse the power of the podium in order to proselytize for their particular ideological views and to attack competing ideas.
  But maybe what's needed is someone to proselytise and promote the thinkers within the organisation.
  Underneath its scholarly precision, her prose has a proselytizing edge; she urges us to think about the marginalia that we come across and hopes our libraries will preserve annotated books.
  They do not proselytize or promote themselves.
  Alone among his august superstar peers, he is famed for proselytising about new artists.
  And during the same period, he was actively proselytizing a concept of the artist as a paradigmatic example of actively chosen personal freedom.
  He should ask the parents of 12-year-olds in shopping malls, who actually get proselytised and promoted to by those who are pushing these drugs, what they think.
  Both the IOC and FIFA have embraced and proselytised the central tenet that a belief in the positive values of sport is at the heart of their purpose and their success.
  It's to educate and not indoctrinate, to present and not proselytize.
  He has no intention of suspending his proselytising against socialism and advocacy of a pro-capitalist perspective.
  He interrupts the sermon to proselytize his own beliefs - a system he characterizes by saying nothing.
  Synonyms
  promote, present, spread, proclaim, peddle, propound, preach, back, urge, suggest, support, advocate, endorse, champion, sponsor, espouse, advance, further, assist, aid, help, contribute to, foster, boost

单词	proselytize
释义	Definition of proselytize in English: proselytize (British proselytise) verb ˈprɒsɪlɪtʌɪzˈprɑs(ə)ləˌtaɪz [with object] 1Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. 使（某人）皈依；使（某人）改变宗教（或信仰、意见） the programme did have a tremendous evangelical effect, proselytizing many 该计划确实有巨大的传教效果，使许多人改变了宗教信仰。 no object proselytizing for converts 为争取皈依者而活动。 Example sentencesExamples Today's evangelicals, like 16 th-century Protestants, seek to proselytize and convert in ways that today's mainline largely does not. She was aggressively proselytized by local church authorities and told that she would never see her lost children if she didn't convert and accept baptism. Only eccentrics and proselytising zealots can welcome such advances without trepidation. A central plank of this policy is that the sharing of personal belief ‘must not include proselytising (seeking to convert) others about a particular faith’. This is likely to occur in tandem with growth in adherence to another tradition, and this in turn may involve the universalizing or proselytizing character of the other tradition. North America attracted the English Crown as a forward base to attack Spain's possessions, and the Church of England fitfully heeded biblical imperatives to proselytize the heathen. Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism were all proselytizing religions, with active mechanisms for conversion; Hinduism was not. Its commitment to open proselytizing and open dissemination of ideas through the printed word was conceivable only in the relatively liberal atmosphere that prevailed in the early days of the July Monarchy. I do think that in the current era I follow His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in thinking that it is not correct or necessary, or even beneficial, to proselytise Buddhism and like convert America to Buddhism or something, as a religion. But he's careful not to proselytise, to seek converts to the Sikh tradition. The Academy has been fighting controversies over the past two years, including allegations that evangelical Christians on campus have been overzealous in proselytizing other students. Most religions tend to proselytize and to accept or encourage marriages with converts, resulting in quite large, genetically diverse populations. And since they rely on channels of sociality beyond their immediate context, chains model the idea of proselytising. I don't want to proselytize him like he's done to me. Hunters are even proselytizing women, our primordial gatherers, so that the whole family can go a-shooting. An individual can convert without having been proselytized; proselytizing, however, is a natural accompaniment to conversion. The games present a dilemma for a proselytising church with 60,000 international missionaries. Nevertheless, we are not required to proselytize and attempt to convert others to Judaism, since a good non-Jew is spiritually better off than a bad Jew… They have every right to engage in proselytizing, but before they begin proselytizing Jews, I wish they knew a lot more about Judaism. One of the ways the US came to deal with this in a practical manner has been this: churches didn't pay taxes and in return they didn't expect the government to proselytise for them. Synonyms evangelize, convert, seek/make converts, bring to God/Christ, bring into the fold, spread the gospel/word (to), propagandize, preach (to), win over, recruit brainwash 1.1 Advocate or promote (a belief or course of action) 鼓吹（信仰）；促进（行动） Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas 戴维斯想让别人分享他的观念，竭力鼓吹自己的想法。 Example sentencesExamples He interrupts the sermon to proselytize his own beliefs - a system he characterizes by saying nothing. Both the IOC and FIFA have embraced and proselytised the central tenet that a belief in the positive values of sport is at the heart of their purpose and their success. Underneath its scholarly precision, her prose has a proselytizing edge; she urges us to think about the marginalia that we come across and hopes our libraries will preserve annotated books. And during the same period, he was actively proselytizing a concept of the artist as a paradigmatic example of actively chosen personal freedom. The Treasury Secretary became ubiquitous at Federal Hall, proselytizing congressmen for assumption and packing the gallery with supporters. He should ask the parents of 12-year-olds in shopping malls, who actually get proselytised and promoted to by those who are pushing these drugs, what they think. Alone among his august superstar peers, he is famed for proselytising about new artists. But maybe what's needed is someone to proselytise and promote the thinkers within the organisation. Second, many professors do abuse the power of the podium in order to proselytize for their particular ideological views and to attack competing ideas. He has no intention of suspending his proselytising against socialism and advocacy of a pro-capitalist perspective. They do not proselytize or promote themselves. It's to educate and not indoctrinate, to present and not proselytize. Synonyms promote, present, spread, proclaim, peddle, propound, preach, back, urge, suggest, support, advocate, endorse, champion, sponsor, espouse, advance, further, assist, aid, help, contribute to, foster, boost Derivatives proselytization noun His combination of scientific method, confident proselytization, and field experience - as a soldier in both world wars and a journalist in Latin American brush fire wars - was convincing, and his idea gained extraordinary currency. Example sentencesExamples Such official proselytization and prayer by a public official is, of course, the hallmark of unconstitutional conduct under the Establishment Clause. Diplomacy, proselytization, trade, credit, and currency exchange all require that the units share some common social understanding of themselves, their relationship, and their activity. I await with bated breath their similar proselytization of the Christian Easter festivities. To begin with, as I noted earlier, some communitarian groups would like to legally prohibit apostasy, heresy, and proselytization, which they view as undermining people's constitutive ends. proselytizer noun ˈprɒsɪlɪtʌɪzəˈprɑs(ə)ləˌtaɪzər Like a religion bent on enlarging its congregation, it has a huge phalanx of proselytizers - who call themselves not missionaries but educators. Example sentencesExamples At its worst, it is an active proselytizer for aiming national and international health resources at things irrelevant to actually fighting disease. The proselytizers could point to the Canadian Charter of Rights as the secular scripture that protects any religious expression that doesn't threaten freedom and democracy. The problem for these proselytizers of privatization, however, is that the more people learn about the plan, the more they oppose it. Will annoying street corner speakers, preachers, and proselytizers next be relegated to chat rooms alone? Definition of proselytize in US English: proselytize (British proselytise) verbˈpräs(ə)ləˌtīzˈprɑs(ə)ləˌtaɪz [with object] 1Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. 使（某人）皈依；使（某人）改变宗教（或信仰、意见） the program did have a tremendous evangelical effect, proselytizing many 该计划确实有巨大的传教效果，使许多人改变了宗教信仰。 no object proselytizing for converts 为争取皈依者而活动。 Example sentencesExamples I do think that in the current era I follow His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in thinking that it is not correct or necessary, or even beneficial, to proselytise Buddhism and like convert America to Buddhism or something, as a religion. An individual can convert without having been proselytized; proselytizing, however, is a natural accompaniment to conversion. And since they rely on channels of sociality beyond their immediate context, chains model the idea of proselytising. Today's evangelicals, like 16 th-century Protestants, seek to proselytize and convert in ways that today's mainline largely does not. Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism were all proselytizing religions, with active mechanisms for conversion; Hinduism was not. But he's careful not to proselytise, to seek converts to the Sikh tradition. The games present a dilemma for a proselytising church with 60,000 international missionaries. A central plank of this policy is that the sharing of personal belief ‘must not include proselytising (seeking to convert) others about a particular faith’. Nevertheless, we are not required to proselytize and attempt to convert others to Judaism, since a good non-Jew is spiritually better off than a bad Jew… Hunters are even proselytizing women, our primordial gatherers, so that the whole family can go a-shooting. I don't want to proselytize him like he's done to me. The Academy has been fighting controversies over the past two years, including allegations that evangelical Christians on campus have been overzealous in proselytizing other students. Its commitment to open proselytizing and open dissemination of ideas through the printed word was conceivable only in the relatively liberal atmosphere that prevailed in the early days of the July Monarchy. This is likely to occur in tandem with growth in adherence to another tradition, and this in turn may involve the universalizing or proselytizing character of the other tradition. They have every right to engage in proselytizing, but before they begin proselytizing Jews, I wish they knew a lot more about Judaism. She was aggressively proselytized by local church authorities and told that she would never see her lost children if she didn't convert and accept baptism. North America attracted the English Crown as a forward base to attack Spain's possessions, and the Church of England fitfully heeded biblical imperatives to proselytize the heathen. Most religions tend to proselytize and to accept or encourage marriages with converts, resulting in quite large, genetically diverse populations. Only eccentrics and proselytising zealots can welcome such advances without trepidation. One of the ways the US came to deal with this in a practical manner has been this: churches didn't pay taxes and in return they didn't expect the government to proselytise for them. Synonyms evangelize, convert, make converts, seek converts, bring to christ, bring to god, bring into the fold, spread the gospel, spread the word, spread the gospel to, spread the word to, propagandize, preach, preach to, win over, recruit 1.1 Advocate or promote (a belief or course of action) 鼓吹（信仰）；促进（行动） Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas 戴维斯想让别人分享他的观念，竭力鼓吹自己的想法。 Example sentencesExamples The Treasury Secretary became ubiquitous at Federal Hall, proselytizing congressmen for assumption and packing the gallery with supporters. Second, many professors do abuse the power of the podium in order to proselytize for their particular ideological views and to attack competing ideas. But maybe what's needed is someone to proselytise and promote the thinkers within the organisation. Underneath its scholarly precision, her prose has a proselytizing edge; she urges us to think about the marginalia that we come across and hopes our libraries will preserve annotated books. They do not proselytize or promote themselves. Alone among his august superstar peers, he is famed for proselytising about new artists. And during the same period, he was actively proselytizing a concept of the artist as a paradigmatic example of actively chosen personal freedom. He should ask the parents of 12-year-olds in shopping malls, who actually get proselytised and promoted to by those who are pushing these drugs, what they think. Both the IOC and FIFA have embraced and proselytised the central tenet that a belief in the positive values of sport is at the heart of their purpose and their success. It's to educate and not indoctrinate, to present and not proselytize. He has no intention of suspending his proselytising against socialism and advocacy of a pro-capitalist perspective. He interrupts the sermon to proselytize his own beliefs - a system he characterizes by saying nothing. Synonyms promote, present, spread, proclaim, peddle, propound, preach, back, urge, suggest, support, advocate, endorse, champion, sponsor, espouse, advance, further, assist, aid, help, contribute to, foster, boost
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