proselytising
Spreading religious beliefs
Proselytising is attempting to convert someone to a religion, belief, or cause.
The word often carries negative connotations—suggesting unwelcome pressure or zealous persuasion: Nobody wants to hear you proselytising at the dinner table.
Someone who proselytises is a proselytiser.
Also spelled proselytizing.
Promoting beliefs to others
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonClergy's worship address
- gospelSacred choral tradition
doctrine · faith · salvation · crusade · revival · apostle · disciple · ministry
Change in form or faith
- recruitNew member sought
- persuadeCause to believe
- convinceCause to believe
- indoctrinateImplant fixed beliefs
sway · influence · enlist · campaign · advocate · lobby · champion · propagate
Intense emotional intensity
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
zealotry · devotion · intensity · vehemence · earnestness · dedication · commitment · single-mindedness
Pleading for a cause
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- activismDirect effort for reform
education · publicity · promotion · lobbying · grassroots · mobilization · recruitment · canvassing
evangelism
Promoting beliefs to others
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- sermonClergy's worship address
gospel · doctrine · faith · salvation · crusade · revival · apostle · disciple · ministry · pulpit
convert
Change in form or faith
indoctrinate · sway · influence · enlist · campaign · advocate · lobby · champion · propagate · disseminate
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
fanaticism · zealotry · devotion · intensity · vehemence · earnestness · dedication · commitment · single-mindedness · obsession
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
activism · education · publicity · promotion · lobbying · grassroots · mobilization · recruitment · canvassing · leafleting
proselytisingopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
listening · receptivity · deference · accepting · tolerating
proselytisingcontemplation
Sustained reflective attention
monasticism · mysticism · meditation · quietism · cloistered
conversion, apostate, apostasy, proselytize, proselyte, reconvert, proselytism, proselytizing, reconversion