Jewishness

English

Etymology

From Jewish +‎ -ness.

Noun

Jewishness (usually uncountable, plural Jewishnesses)

  1. The property of being Jewish.
    Synonyms: Jewhood, Jewship
    • 1982 August 14, Andrea Fred Loewenstein, Evelyn Torton Beck, “Bringing it all Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 8:
      When I first knew you I was struck by your pride in your Jewishness, but as far as I knew you weren't yet a lesbian. Can you ttell me something about how you came to terms with these two parts of yourself?
    • 2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN‎[1]:
      When Zack Galifianakis asks Paul Rudd about his Jewishness in “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,” the actor responds with a quip.

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