PROSELYTIZE Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

proselytize

verb

ˈprä-s(ə-)lə-ˌtīz

Definition of proselytize

as in to convert

to persuade to change to one's religious faith the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive

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Recent Examples of proselytize The National Federation of Federal Employees and several individual USDA employees sued the department on May 13, alleging that Secretary Brooke Rollins has illegally proselytized workers. — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Opponents have argued that hanging the Ten Commandments in classrooms proselytizes to students and amounts to religious indoctrination by the government. — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 But evangelical churches have proselytized in the region for two centuries. — Febe Armanios, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2026 For the other Massachusetts millenials out there, Bertucci’s (and those of us who proselytize it) did get a shoutout. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for proselytize

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The show lures corporate sponsors to the marketing mecca, where brands hope to convert experience seekers into true believers, eventually disciples.

— Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
After Musk left, OpenAI launched massively successful AI products, namely ChatGPT, struck partnerships with tech titans including Microsoft, converted its business into a for-profit with a non-profit parent, and raised huge sums of funding.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

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