proselytisers
Zealous belief recruiters
Proselytisers are people who try to convert others to their religion, political cause, or way of thinking.
The word often carries a negative connotation, suggesting unwelcome persistence: The proselytisers knocked on doors every Saturday morning.
Also spelled proselytizers.
People promoting a cause
- activistsPeople working for causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
- promotersThose who advance causes
- lobbyistsPaid political persuaders
spokespersons · propagandists · boosters · ambassadors · agitators · reformers · organizers · influencers
Those who switched faiths
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- recruitingEnlisting new members
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
propagation · sermonizing · witnessing · outreach · discipleship · ministry · gospel · salvation
Trust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
theology · ideology · orthodoxy · tenets · worldview · gospel · scripture · catechism
Coercive psychological manipulation
- inculcationImplanting ideas through repetition
- radicalizationShift toward extreme ideology
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
propaganda · reeducation · cultism · programming · conformity · recruitment · grooming · influence
Intense emotional intensity
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- intensityStrength or force level
passion · devotion · enthusiasm · firebrand · crusader · true believer · single-mindedness · relentlessness
campaigners
People promoting a cause
- activistsPeople working for causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
- promotersThose who advance causes
lobbyists · spokespersons · propagandists · boosters · ambassadors · agitators · reformers · organizers · influencers · recruiters
converts
Those who switched faiths
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- recruitingEnlisting new members
missionaries · propagation · sermonizing · witnessing · outreach · discipleship · ministry · gospel · salvation · apostles
faith
Trust without proof
creed · theology · ideology · orthodoxy · tenets · worldview · gospel · scripture · catechism · teachings
brainwashing
Coercive psychological manipulation
- inculcationImplanting ideas through repetition
- radicalizationShift toward extreme ideology
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
manipulation · propaganda · reeducation · cultism · programming · conformity · recruitment · grooming · influence · coercion
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
intensity · passion · devotion · enthusiasm · firebrand · crusader · true believer · single-mindedness · relentlessness · persistence
- evangelistsevangelist, evangelists, missionary, revivalist, revivalists
proselytiserscontemplatives
Those practicing sustained reflection
monastics · hermits · mystics · secularists · apostates
proselytiserssectarians
Faction-bound believers
isolationists · gatekeepers · the elect · Amish · Druze