Etymology

tikkun olam

Today it means: The value, prominent in Liberal Judaism, of helping and bettering society as a whole. Full definition →

Hebrew תִּקּוּן עוֹלָם
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromתִּקּוּן עוֹלָם
  2. English todaytikkun olam

Borrowed from Hebrew תִּקּוּן עוֹלָם (tikún olám, literally “repairing the world”). The Hebrew phrase has been used to refer to a variety of things through Jewish history, including the elimination of idolatry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.