proselyting

verb

present participle of proselyte
as in converting
to persuade to change to one's religious faith she's been trying to proselyte everyone in the office ever since she joined that church

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  1. converting
  2. proselytizing
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  • The Atlanta City Council voted 11-1 to direct the Department of Aviation to commission a study to look at the possibility of converting to the private security model, Fox 5 Atlanta reported in May.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • The instinct most change-makers follow is to spend their energy converting the hostile 10%.
    — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of converting
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  • Related Stories For decades, mainstream Hollywood entertainment generally shied away from environmental themes out of concern that audiences would see it as homework, or even worse, as proselytizing.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • But proselytizing to Muslims by non-Muslims is a crime, and some other Christian denominations have faced persecution from Algerian authorities, who have closed their churches.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of proselytizing
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“Proselyting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselyting. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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