Jewish
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism.
Jewish customs.
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Informal. Yiddish.
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- Jewishly adverb
- Jewishness noun
- anti-Jewish adjective
- half-Jewish adjective
- non-Jewish adjective
- pre-Jewish adjective
- pro-Jewish adjective
Etymology
Origin of Jewish
1540–50; Jew + -ish 1; compare Old English iudēisc < Late Latin iudē ( us ) Jew + Old English -isc -ish 1
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Example Sentences
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“Our whole lives we’ve had to navigate our different identities, coming from both Persian and Jewish backgrounds,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
The US public affairs firm's report included information about journalist Gabriel Pogrund's Jewish beliefs and claims about his ideological position.
From BBC
Earlier this month, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, accused the government of antisemitism for investigating mohels, specialists in ritual Jewish circumcision, who potentially lacked medical training required by the state.
The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism describes how Russian agents poured green paint over Jewish sites and deposited pig heads in front of mosques in Paris.
He claimed he was defending the Jewish community.
From BBC
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