Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "proselytic" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PROSELYTIC

proselytic  [ˌprɒsɪˈlɪtɪk] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSELYTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proselytic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROSELYTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of proselytic in the English dictionary

The definition of proselytic in the dictionary is of or relating to proselytes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSELYTIC


analytic
ˌænəˈlɪtɪk
antisyphilitic
ˌæntɪˌsɪfɪˈlɪtɪk
argillitic
ˌɑːdʒɪˈlɪtɪk
bathylitic
ˌbæθɪˈlɪtɪk
catalytic
ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk
electrolytic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈlɪtɪk
hydrolytic
ˌhaɪdrəˈlɪtɪk
pelitic
pɪˈlɪtɪk
phyllitic
fɪˈlɪtɪk
poikilitic
ˌpɔɪkɪˈlɪtɪk
proteolytic
ˌprəʊtɪəˈlɪtɪk
spilitic
spaɪˈlɪtɪk
spondylitic
ˌspɒndɪˈlɪtɪk
stylitic
staɪˈlɪtɪk
syphilitic
ˌsɪfɪˈlɪtɪk
tachylitic
ˌtækɪˈlɪtɪk
tachylytic
ˌtækɪˈlɪtɪk
thrombolytic
ˌθrɒmbəˈlɪtɪk
tonsillitic
ˌtɒnsɪˈlɪtɪk
toxophilitic
ˌtɒksəfɪˈlɪtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSELYTIC

prosecuting
prosecuting attorney
prosecution
prosecution case
prosecutor
prosecutorial
prosecutrices
prosecutrix
proselike
proselyte
proselytisation
proselytiser
proselytism
proselytization
proselytize
proselytizer
proseman
proseminar
prosencephala
prosencephalic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSELYTIC

anxiolytic
autocatalytic
biocatalytic
cellulolytic
cytolytic
fibrinolytic
haemolytic
hemolytic
homolytic
lipolytic
lytic
mucolytic
myelocytic
oncolytic
paralytic
photocatalytic
photolytic
psychoanalytic
pyrolytic
radiolytic
spasmolytic

Synonyms and antonyms of proselytic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proselytic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PROSELYTIC

Find out the translation of proselytic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proselytic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proselytic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

proselytic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

proselitista
570 millions of speakers

English

proselytic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

proselytic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

proselytic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прозелитической
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proselitista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

proselytic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prosélyte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Proselytic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

proselytic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

proselytic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

proselytic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proselytic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

proselytic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

proselytic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धर्मांतर करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

proselytic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proselytic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

proselytic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прозелітичною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proselytic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσηλυτιστικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

proselytic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

proselytic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proselytic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proselytic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSELYTIC»

The term «proselytic» is used very little and occupies the 187.929 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
12
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «proselytic» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of proselytic
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «proselytic».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSELYTIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «proselytic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «proselytic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proselytic

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSELYTIC»

Discover the use of proselytic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proselytic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity
Following on from this we might equally enquire after the necessary criteria forjudging when a Jewish writer is just wanting to change the morals of his Gentile audience and not wanting to do something more proselytic (understood in relation ...
James Carleton Paget, 2010
2
The Geography of Religion: Faith, Place, and Space
For proselytic religious, missionary activity has played an especially important role in this context, serving to extend a religious group's influence across wide expanses of secular space. The organization ofwidespread missionary processes ...
Roger W. Stump, 2008
3
Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac
Second, Goodman offers a narrow definition of proselytism and distinguishes a proselytic mission from an informative ... It is the assertiveness ofthe Christian mission, in other words its proselytic nature, that made it unique in the first centuries, ...
Edward Kessler, 2004
4
Interpretation and Literature in Early Medieval China
li, J H«A, # -I?, Hffftf, «A, MW-*AA, mist, SSA W-fiftl, «AS^t, SitllAAS, A S AAAfitMi , tAA: r^g&fc, AtSft On the surface this story seems to be another piece of proselytic writing that propagates the power of Buddhism and Daoism by claiming that ...
Alan K. L. Chan, Yuet-Keung Lo, 2010
5
Jews, Pagans and Christians in Conflict
He summarizes: "Nothing authorises us to draw conclusions from the penury of the explicit epitaphs as to the poverty of proselytic recruitment." Cf. p. 335. 13 Pp. 347-348: "There is more in these liberal dispositions than opportunism or ...
D. Rokeah, 1982
6
Latin American Religions: Histories and Documents in Context
On the whole, Protestantization may be regarded as a selective process in which functional adaptability to the needs and aspirations of the people is rewarded with the highest membership figures and the most intensive proselytic drive.
Anna Lisa Peterson, Manuel A. Vásquez, 2008
7
A.T. Prophètes (Lamentations). Araméen.]:
He summarizes: "Nothing authorises us to draw conclusions from the penury of the explicit epitaphs as to the poverty of proselytic recruitment." Cf. p. 335. 13 Pp. 347-348: "There is more in these liberal dispositions than opportunism or ...
Albert Van Der Heide, 1981
8
Kaplan AP Human Geography 2014
Another name for a universalizing religion is a proselytic faith. Usually, but not always, universalizing religions are larger than ethnic religions because of their proselytizing activity. The largest ethnic religions in the world are Hinduism and ...
Kelly Swanson, 2013
9
The pædobaptist's guide on mode and subject and baptismal ...
Considering the confidence with which it is asserted, psedobaptists have here need to be firm. Their tone on this point has been far too delicate and tender. Analogy of the Jeioish Baptisms. Levitic and Proselytic. On the threshold of our present ...
John Guthrie, 1869
10
Information Theory
Proselytic: ideas generally passed to others beyond one's own children. Ideas that encourage the proselytism of a meme, as seen in many religious or political movements, can replicate memes horizontally through a given generation, ...
By Wikipedians

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSELYTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proselytic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Enjoying TLC's "My Husband's Not Gay" Doesn't Make You a …
The rub is when you feel your happiness is canonical, and one by which you can and should influence others, whether that's for proselytic reasons or just ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Jan 15»
2
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook: 'I AM GAY'
Gays refer to proselytic persuasion as “hate-speech” and proscribe it with extreme legal sanctions. I refer anyone with a conscience to the eternal truths (as ... «ValueWalk, Oct 14»
3
Moscow Krishnaites can fit in a telephone box - sect expert
However, the stated wish of the Moscow-based Krishnaites 'to erect something the size of the Church of Christ the Savior 'suggests apparently their proselytic ... «Interfax-Religion, Feb 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Proselytic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/proselytic>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z