Etymology

Anusim

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Today it means: A Jew who violates Jewish law or is an apostate due to coercion, such as state persecution, often living as crypto-Jews. Full definition →

Hebrew אֲנוּסִים
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromאֲנוּסִים
  2. English todayAnusim

From Hebrew אֲנוּסִים (literally “compelled ones”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.