Proselytization vs. Proselytism

Proselytizationnoun

The act or process of proselytizing.

Proselytismnoun

The practice of proselytizing or the state of being a proselyte

Proselytismnoun

The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.

‘They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree.’;

Proselytismnoun

Conversion to a religion, system, or party.

Proselytismnoun

the practice of proselytizing

Proselytismnoun

the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel

Proselytism

Proselytism () is the act or fact of religious conversion, and it also includes actions which invite such conversion. The English-language word proselytize derives from the Greek language prefix προσ- (pros-, ) and the verb ἔρχομαι (érchomai, ) in the form of προσήλυτος (prosélytos, ).

‘toward’; ‘I come’; ‘newcomer’;