proselytize
verb (used with or without object)
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit to a religion or other belief system.
proselytizer
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a word derived from
proselytize.
Example Sentences
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He’d become a kind of a proselytizer for conflict resolution, so go figure what's possible.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
He was highly intelligent, obsessively curious and profoundly sensitive, a born proselytizer who “saw political events in terms of moral absolutes” and demanded consequences for abuses of power.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
You took some atypical paths before becoming a proselytizer for books at Buzzfeed and now “The Today Show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Motown founder Berry Gordy was a proselytizer for the liberatory power of capitalism, a zealous believer in the power of the free market as an engine for integration and social progress.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2021
Their host’s father had been a member of the cotton vanguard and a savvy proselytizer of the miracle crop.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
