to impose one's beliefs
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7.2
- phrasal verb
- /ɪmˈpoʊz wʌnz bɪˈlifz/
:
imponer las creencias
- In a diverse society, it's important to respect others and not impose one's beliefs on them.
- impose your beliefs on others
- imposing their beliefs on other people
Examples
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He often debates passionately but is careful not to impose his beliefs on others during conversations.
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My father did not impose his beliefs on us.
Fiction book (1993) -
One of the most interesting questions many have asked is, 'As president, will he impose his beliefs on others?'
Blog text (10) -
"You never want to impose your beliefs on a people, or feel like you know what is best for them," he said Friday.
Blog text (30) -
It's not as simple as "Christians want to impose their beliefs on everyone."
Blog text (7) -
However, as a private, for-profit company, they do not have the right to impose their beliefs upon their employees.
Blog text (24) -
While I understand where Paul is coming from, isn't it just as bad to impose your beliefs on the community?
Blog text (32) -
By contrast, al-Mamun and the Mu'tazila sought to impose their beliefs without persuasion and force of argument.
Academic text (1993) -
I think you make a good point that you shouldn't have tried to impose your beliefs upon him, but is it ever a good thing to undermine or diminish a source of happiness or pride for your partner, or anyone else?
Blog text (2) -
Dominionism also claims that its adherents have a God-given mandate to infiltrate the highest echelons of power and subsequently impose their beliefs on the entire world.
Blog text (17)
Synonyms
271
4.8
Force someone to accept something they do not want
118
7.3
To make someone accept different beliefs using pressure and tricks
60
5.5
To force someone to accept something or to ask too much of them
41
6.7
To force something on someone, often against their will
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8.1
To teach people to accept beliefs without question, often to change how they think
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9.1
To try to persuade someone to join another religion
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9.1
Force someone to accept an idea they do not want
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7.0
To make someone accept ideas they do not want
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8.9
Force someone to accept ideas or opinions without their choice
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8.3
Make someone accept ideas or opinions they do not want by pressuring them
Antonyms
How Overbearing
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7.2
∞
2.8
472
2.7
- Informal
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'impose' (to press or force on someone) combined with 'one's beliefs' (one's convictions) yields a directly compositional meaning — forcing one's opinions on others. This pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward semantic combination, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Impose one's beliefs creates a simple image: to impose is to put something onto someone and beliefs are what a person thinks. If you put your beliefs onto another person like a heavy burden, you are 'forcing' your views on them, so the phrase means 'to force one's opinions'.