Convertism

/kənˈvɜːtɪzəm/ noun

Definition

The practice, belief, or system of converting people to a religion or ideology.

Etymology

Convert + -ism (system or practice). A rare formal noun created in the 18th-19th century to describe organized religious conversion as an ideological movement.

Kelly Says

Religious convertism reached an industrial scale during the Age of Exploration when European powers combined colonialism with missionary work—it became a systematic ideology of cultural transformation, which is darker than simple individual conversion.

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