Evangelistic
//ɪˌvænd͡ʒəˈlɪstɪk// adj, slang
adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to evangelism or evangelists; spreading the gospel.
- 2 Pertaining to the Evangelical school.
- 3 Characterised by enthusiasm and a desire to communicate belief. colloquial
"I was pretty evangelistic about the merits of working in a small team."
Adjective
- 1 marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause wordnet
- 2 relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel wordnet
Example
More examples"Regulatory bodies, like the people who comprise them, have a marked life cycle. In youth they are vigorous, aggressive, evangelistic, and even intolerant. Later they mellow, and in old age—after a matter of ten or fifteen years—they become, with some exceptions, either an arm of the industry they are regulating or senile."
Etymology
From evangelist + -ic.
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