proselytism

noun pros·e·ly·tism \ ˈprä-sə-ˌlī-ˌti-zəm , ˈprä-s(ə-)lə- \

Definition of proselytism

1 : the act of becoming or condition of being a proselyte : conversion

2 : the act or process of proselytizing

Recent Examples of proselytism from the Web

Whether the converts are repulsed by the violent forms Islam has taken in places like Syria and Afghanistan or are backing up their claims for asylum, the conversions occur quietly and rarely as a result of proselytism.

— annabelle timsit, The Atlantic, "Ukrainian Freedom Fighting and Cambodian Democracy: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing," 22 Sep. 2017

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