JVP

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A form of jugular venous pressure — The indirectly observed pressure of the venous system via the visualisation of the internal jugular vein.

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Meanings

nounJVP (countable and uncountable, plural JVPs)

plural JVPs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of jugular venous pressure.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of junior vice president.

    Synonyms: junior vice president

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Jewish Voice for Peace.
    2 more examples

    It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term.

    2017 November 16, Bret Stephens, “Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2017

    Very few Palestinian student groups—or Palestinian people, for that matter—meet Hillel’s standards to co-host an event or to appear as a speaker; even Jewish groups like Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) are disallowed due to their support for BDS. […] In recent years, Hillel chapters have also come under fire for withdrawing support from or further marginalizing queer Jewish student groups that participate in events co-sponsored by JVP, and for banning legendary civil rights activist Dorothy Zellner from speaking at campus chapters after she discussed her commitment to Palestinian human rights work in a speech at Harvard’s Hillel.

    2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents

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