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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The practice of proselytizing. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel wordnet
3. 3
   The state of being a proselyte. countable, uncountable

   "For quotations using this term, see Citations:proselytism."

4. 4
   the practice of proselytizing wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

conversionpersuasionproselytiseproselytisingproselytizeproselytizing

Example

More examples

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:proselytism."

Etymology

From proselyte + -ism.

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