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Evangelism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Evangelism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel

"After his conversion, he spent every weekend engaging in evangelism by knocking on doors to share his faith with neighbors who had never heard it before."

2

Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it.

"After years of trying to get his neighbors to switch to solar power, Mark finally launched a successful campaign of evangelism that convinced half the street to install panels on their roofs."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sermon
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
televangelism

Origin

The word comes from combining "evangel," meaning gospel, with the suffix "-ism." It originally referred to the practice or system of spreading the gospel.

Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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