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evangelical

[ee-van-jel-i-kuhl, ev-uhn-] / ˌi vænˈdʒɛl ɪ kəl, ˌɛv ən- /
ADJECTIVE
following scripture closely
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


ADJECTIVE
characterized by missionary zeal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
evangelistic proselytizing
Antonyms


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Raxa had stepped up his crab fishing in the days before the accident to afford an evangelical trip to his home country of Laos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

That this is a reflection of America is taken as a given, the same way “Love Is Blind” contestants don’t feel the need to mention their evangelical beliefs.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Like many millennials, I grew up at the peak of the American abstinence education movement and the American evangelical obsession with virginity.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Marcos Rosa, an evangelical pastor who spends his days visiting remote Amazonian villages, said PIX hasn’t only made payments easier but also shrunk distances across the world’s biggest rainforest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

An evangelical from what he calls a “solidly middle class” family in the Midwest, he would have been an anomaly at Brown a couple of generations ago.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

With a fanbase that included grandmas and Gen-Zers, Republicans and Democrats, drag queens and evangelicals, Parton was a kind of unicorn in America's polarised society.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kristin Kobes Du Mez, a Calvin University historian who writes about white evangelicals and gender, was not surprised.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

According to Pew Research Center polling conducted in March, 72% of white evangelicals have a favorable opinion of Israel, virtually equal to the approval rate among Jews, at 73%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Catholics facing impact from deportations—a rate nearly three times higher than evangelicals and four times higher than other Christian denominations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

There were also demographic forces at work, beginning with the GI Bill, which sent a pioneering generation of evangelicals to college.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times



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