evangelical zeal
Crusading religious enthusiasm
Evangelical zeal is intense, missionary-like enthusiasm for spreading a belief or cause.
The phrase borrows from religious evangelism—the fervent drive to convert others—but applies broadly to any passionate advocacy: She promoted veganism with evangelical zeal.
The term often carries a hint of excess, suggesting enthusiasm that borders on the pushy or unwelcome.
- proselytismAttempting to convert others
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- convictionFirmly held belief
- true believerCompletely committed adherent
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
reform · outreach · oratory · piety · preaching · fire and brimstone · altar call · Great Commission · fire-and-brimstone · passion · conversion · proclamation · testimony · apologetics · advocacy · propagation · exhortation · saving souls
evangelical zealapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · dispassion · detachment · half-heartedness · listlessness
evangelical, evangelism, evangelist, evangelists, evangelistic, evangelize, evangelized, evangelizing, evangelization