proselytizer
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈprɒsəˌlɪtaɪzər/
- US
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prosélito
- Even if an organization disguises its true intent, a few minutes of research on the Web can usually smoke out the proselytizers.
- a tireless proselytizer
- the most effective proselytizer
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Examples
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However, this does not detract from the individual rationality of proselytizers.
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Studies on conversion to Christian sects found that only one in a thousand approaches by proselytizers resulted in conversion.
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I would try to be a proselytizer.
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And then, there is the worry that proselytizers, if they are too homogeneous a community, will not be engaged in critical dialogue.
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Determined fundamentalist proselytizers view the schools as a "mission field" brimming with the "unsaved."
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As Bea is confronted by the proselytizer's message about the necessity of being saved, she remarks: "Gee, I really couldn't quite see it."
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Those international agencies ostensibly concerned with North-South relations are now primarily serving as proselytizers for democratic capitalism.
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Sophy is a passionate proselytizer for the benefits of online dating and often shares her success story with others.
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Many young religious leaders see themselves as proselytizers, eager to spread their messages to new communities.
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He became a well-known proselytizer for environmental conservation after leading several successful awareness campaigns.
Synonyms
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5.2
A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause
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4.1
A person who goes to another place to spread a religion by teaching or helping people
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5.7
A person who strongly promotes a product or idea so other people will accept it
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6.0
A person who strongly supports and helps spread a new idea or cause early on
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A person who convinces others to do or believe something
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A preacher who leads large religious meetings to bring people back to faith
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A person or thing that makes someone change what they think and do
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A person who strongly encourages others to act
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8.1
A person who persuades others to do something or accept an idea
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A person who publicly tells others about religious beliefs
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A person who uses kind, sweet words to get what they want from others
A person who tries to make others change their beliefs
A person who tries to get others to change their religion or beliefs
A person who tries to persuade others to follow a religion
A person who strongly encourages people to act, often for moral or religious reasons
A person who supports and promotes an idea or cause
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
A person who gently persuades someone with kind words
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
proselytizer = proselytize (transparent) = proselytize + er
Standard agentive formation: adding '-er' to the verb 'proselytize' yields 'one who proselytizes', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Proselytizer comes from the old Greek word proselytos, which meant a 'newcomer' or 'convert' who had 'come over' to a new group. The first part pros- means 'toward', so a proselytizer is someone who tries to bring people 'toward' their belief — in other words, to make them 'convert'.