Mormonize
A rare and informal American verb meaning to convert someone to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), or more broadly to influence someone toward Mormon values and lifestyle.
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A rare and informal American verb meaning to convert someone to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), or more broadly to influence someone toward Mormon values and lifestyle. Used mostly in jocular or satirical contexts, Mormonize can carry a teasing tone — imagining an enthusiastic missionary effort applied to a friend or situation. It belongs to the same family of playful denominational verbs occasionally coined in American religious culture.
His Utah roommates spent three months trying to Mormonize him before they accepted he was a committed coffee drinker.
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(US, transitive, rare) To convert to Mormonism.
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- Mormonization86%
A term describing the process or act of converting someone — or a broader community or culture — to Mormonism (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Like similar '-ization' constructions, it can be used neutrally in academic or sociological contexts to describe patterns of religious conversion, though in casual use it sometimes carries a skeptical or critical edge depending on the speaker's perspective. Found in discussions of religious history, American social history, and occasionally in culture-war commentary.
- Mormonization83%
(US) The act or process of Mormonizing.
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(figurative) To Christianize.
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