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Phoenixdragon Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

prostelatize

Is 'prostelatize' really a word? I looked in online dictionaries and don't find it but I do find it in a google search (so others seem to think it is a word too - even if the official word folks don't).

I want to express the idea of espousing and declaring personally held beliefs (particularly with the goal of convincing others to believe them too). One word I did find was evangelize, but, I don't want to use 'evangelize' because it seems limited to Christianity.

Thank you for your thoughts!
Sandra
  

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Proselytize is the word I think you are looking for.

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Proselytize is the word I think you are looking for.
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It's a word and your correct in it's usage however I do not know if the spelling is correct.
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yes, to proselytize, or more rare, to proselyte:
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to proselyte

Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s

 transitive verb : to convert from one religion, belief, opinion, or party to another : make a proselyte of <the efforts of early missionaries to proselyte Minnesota Indians wer
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By any chance did you mean this word:

proselytize

as the definition does fit the one that you described. (Dictionary.com)

I believed, as did you, that it was spelled and spoken as you wrote the word. I suspect we have heard it spoken incorrectly.
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0 The correct spelling is "proselytize".  I had trouble finding it too, but it is a word.0-
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0 According to both the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Dictionary, the word proselytize is "Disapproving". You may need to carefully consider if it is appropriate to use it on yourself.01blockquote
01cite10Phoenixdragon12cite10One word I did find was evangelize, but, I don't want to use 'evangelize' because it seems limited to Christianity.12block
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No, but proselytize is.
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This question was asked more than two years ago, and it has been answered. I'm closing the thread.
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