1. The attempt by any religion or religious individuals to convert other people to their beliefs: There are many active proselytisms conducted by Christian denominations which have evangelistic services to attract and to convince people that they should accept Jesus Christ as their savior and live moral lives of honesty and sincere concern for other people.
2. Actions to change people's minds to a different political point of view: Each candidate for President of the U.S. is presenting his or her proselytism in order to influence the thinking of the citizens.