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  • adjective Pertaining to proselytism.

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Examples

  • One should be about as “proselytic” about atheism as one is about the age of the earth, the color of the sky or the time of day.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Atheism and Proselytization: 2007

  • Even the "an attempt to make them submit to Roman (church) authority" proselytic, convertion-fanatic, faithful Christians doing to other people today.

    Planet Atheism rmonteux 2010

  • Even the "an attempt to make them submit to Roman (church) authority" proselytic, convertion-fanatic, faithful Christians doing to other people today.

    Planet Atheism 2010

  • While I'm of the understanding that a number of church-based welfare agencies are pointedly non-proselytic (for example, it's a violation of Centrecare's code of ethics and social justice policy*), the same isn't true of a number of religious aid initiatives.

    Thinkers' Podium 2010

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