proselytizers
Religious belief spreaders
Proselytizers are people who try to convert others to their religion, political ideology, or cause.
The word often carries negative connotations, suggesting pushy or unwelcome recruitment: Street corner proselytizers handed out pamphlets.
Religious proselytizers go door to door; ideological proselytizers corner you at parties.
The verb is proselytize.
Religious workers abroad
- evangelistsZealous advocates for causes
- preachersClergy who deliver sermons
- apostlesZealous promoters of causes
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
ministers · revivalists · televangelists · crusaders · heralds · pastors · chaplains · clerics
Change in form or faith
- persuadeCause to believe
- convinceCause to believe
- influencePower to affect others
- swayRock back and forth
indoctrinate · recruit · win over · coerce · manipulate · brainwash · argue · debate
Intense emotional intensity
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- zealousnessIntense eager enthusiasm
fanaticism · devotion · commitment · intensity · vehemence · earnestness · persistence · fire
Distributing printed notices
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- pamphletsThin informational booklets
- tractsAreas or pamphlets
street preaching · recruitment · awareness · engagement · promotion · flyering · literature · rallies
missionaries
Religious workers abroad
- evangelistsZealous advocates for causes
- preachersClergy who deliver sermons
- apostlesZealous promoters of causes
disciples · ministers · revivalists · televangelists · crusaders · heralds · pastors · chaplains · clerics · gospel
convert
Change in form or faith
sway · indoctrinate · recruit · win over · coerce · manipulate · brainwash · argue · debate · rhetoric
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- passionIntense emotional drive
zealousness · fanaticism · devotion · commitment · intensity · vehemence · earnestness · persistence · fire · dedication
leafleting
Distributing printed notices
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- pamphletsThin informational booklets
tracts · street preaching · recruitment · awareness · engagement · promotion · flyering · literature · rallies · seminars
- opinion makerspundits, commentators, columnists, editorialists, op-ed writers
- manipulatorsmanipulators, brainwashers, gaslighters, controllers, puppeteers
proselytizerspluralists
Advocates for multiple coexisting viewpoints
relativists · universalists · secularists · freethinkers · listeners