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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Meta was sponsoring, supporting, evangelizing and investing in diverse and underrepresented groups everywhere.
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
In our conversations, Devine didn’t evangelize for the buttons.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Tory evangelizing about Brexit and nationalist identity politics generated some blue-collar support in national elections in 2019, but what now?
—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
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
In our conversations, Devine didn’t evangelize for the buttons.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Tory evangelizing about Brexit and nationalist identity politics generated some blue-collar support in national elections in 2019, but what now?
—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
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“Evangelize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelize. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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