as in to preach
to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity)
The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.
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Tory evangelizing about Brexit and nationalist identity politics generated some blue-collar support in national elections in 2019, but what now?
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Nick Timothy, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
This dialogue would have been a prime occasion for Xi to evangelize the China model.
—Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2021
All of this might have remained in the realm of intellectual exploit had Tanton not begun to formalize and evangelize his beliefs.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Rubin evangelized his method throughout the 1970s and ’80s.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Nick Timothy, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
This dialogue would have been a prime occasion for Xi to evangelize the China model.
—Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2021
All of this might have remained in the realm of intellectual exploit had Tanton not begun to formalize and evangelize his beliefs.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Rubin evangelized his method throughout the 1970s and ’80s.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Evangelize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelize. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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