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missionaryism

missionaryism noun: the work of a missionary, attempting to spread a religion or creed.

Noun

missionaryism (uncountable)

  1. The work of a missionary, attempting to spread a religion or creed.

Origin of missionaryism

From missionary + -ism.

Questions about missionaryism

What does missionaryism mean?
Missionaryism means the work of a missionary, attempting to spread a religion or creed.
What part of speech is missionaryism?
Missionaryism is a noun.

Words near missionaryism in the dictionary

  1. Missionary Ridge
  2. missionary zeal
  3. missionary-linguist
  4. missionary-linguists
  5. missionarying
  6. missionaryism
  7. missionaryize
  8. missionaryized
  9. missionaryizes
  10. missionaryizing
  11. missionarylike

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