Antonyms for conversion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh n-vur-zhuh n, -shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən |
Definition of conversion
Origin :- mid-14c., originally of religion, from French conversion, from Latin conversionem (nominative conversatio), noun of action from past participle stem of convertere (see convert (v.)). General sense of "transformation" is early 15c. Of buildings, from 1921. Conversion disorder "hysteria" (attested from 1946 but said to have been coined by Freud) was in DSM-IV (1994).
- noun change, adaptation
- The manner of Lydia's conversion ought not to be overlooked.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- To what dangers might she not be subjected, by the intolerant zeal of conversion!
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Her conversion was an event that broke the lethargy of their stagnant life.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The purport of such works is the conversion of pig-lead into white-lead.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Just before his conversion, his college course, early begun, had been completed.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- If you would care to hear it, I will relate to you the story of my conversion.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- At conversion you did not yet know your need of Him, and still less what you might expect of Him.
- Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
- In this letter we are at a hundred years after the conversion of Clovis.
- Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
- The conversion of Clovis was the first light which arose in this darkness.
- Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
- Many of the agents know apparently nothing about conversion.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
Synonyms for conversion
- about-face
- alteration
- born again
- change of heart
- changeover
- exchange
- flip-flop
- flux
- growth
- innovation
- metamorphosis
- metanoia
- metasis
- modification
- novelty
- passage
- passing
- permutation
- progress
- proselytization
- qualification
- reclamation
- reconstruction
- reformation
- regeneration
- remodelling
- reorganization
- resolution
- resolving
- reversal
- see the light
- switch
- transfiguration
- transformation
- translation
- transmogrification
- transmutation
- turning
- turning around
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