Dissuade and Proselytize

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Dissuade verb - To steer (a person) from an activity or course of action.

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Proselytize is an antonym for dissuade.

Proselytize verb - To persuade to change to one's religious faith.

Usage example: the efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive

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Dissuade is an antonym for proselytize.

man	dissuade man	proselytize man
people	dissuade people	proselytize people

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Proselytize and Dissuade. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dissuade/proselytize

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