proselytize

verb [I] disapproving formal (UK usually proselytise)

/ˈprɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz/

/ˈprɑː.sə.lɪ-/

Definition

› to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or their way of living to your own: He was also remarkable for the proselytizing zeal with which he wrote his political pamphlets. The television has provided the evangelists with yet another platform for their proselytizing.Religious practicesUrging and persuadingCausing somebody to act proselytizer formal (UK usually proselytiser)

/ˌprɒs.əl.ɪˈtaɪ.zər/

/ˌprɑː.səl.ɪ.taɪ.zɚ/ noun [C]

(Definition of proselytize verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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