Meanings
plural Judaisms · alternative dated Judaïsm · alternative hypercorrect obsolete rare Judaeism · alternative hypercorrect obsolete rare Judæism · alternative nonstandard Jewdaism
- uncountableusuallyAn Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.
I am a person of faith, and I am proud of my Judaism, its culture, its traditions and most importantly its belief in the family.
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The resurgence of overt antisemitism has underscored just how limiting the category of race is, said Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly.
2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounJews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Biblical Hebrewיְהוּדָה“Judah”
- Ancient GreekἸουδαϊσμός
- Late LatinIūdaismus
- Middle EnglishIudaisme
- EnglishJudaism
From Middle English Iudaisme, from Late Latin Iūdaismus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊσμός (Ioudaïsmós), from Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ĭoudaîos) + -ισμός (-ismós), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá) + -ιος (-ios), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏā(h), “Judah”). Doublet of Judezmo.
More words from Middle English, Late Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊσμός
- Ἰουδαϊσμός (Ioudaïsmós)world religion
Arabic يَهُودِيَّة
- يَهُودِيَّة (yahūdiyya)world religion
Bengali ইহুদি ধর্ম
- ইহুদি ধর্ম (ihudi dhormo)world religion
Bulgarian юдаи́зъм
- юдаи́зъм (judaízăm)world religion
Catalan judaisme
- judaismeworld religion
Chinese Cantonese 猶太教 /犹太教
- 猶太教 /犹太教 (jau⁴ taai³ gaau³)world religion
Chinese Mandarin 猶太教 /犹太教
- 猶太教 /犹太教 (Yóutàijiào)world religion
Czech židovství, judaismus
- židovstvíworld religion
- judaismusworld religion
Danish jødedom
- jødedomworld religion
Dutch jodendom
- jodendomworld religion
Esperanto judismo, judaismo
- judismoworld religion
- judaismoworld religion
Estonian judaism
- judaismworld religion
Finnish juutalaisuus
- juutalaisuusworld religion
French judaïsme
- judaïsmeworld religion
German Judentum, Judaismus
- Judentumworld religion
- Judaismusworld religion
Greek ιουδαϊσμός
- ιουδαϊσμός (ioudaïsmós)world religion
Hebrew יַהֲדוּת
- יַהֲדוּת (yahadút)world religion
Hindi यहूदी धर्म, यूदावाद
- यहूदी धर्म (yahūdī dharm)world religion
- यूदावाद (yūdāvād)world religion
Hungarian judaizmus
- judaizmusworld religion
Icelandic gyðingdómur
- gyðingdómurworld religion
Indonesian agama Yahudi
- agama Yahudiworld religion
Irish Giúdachas
- Giúdachasworld religion
Italian ebraismo, giudaismo
- ebraismoworld religion
- giudaismoworld religion
Japanese ユダヤ教
- ユダヤ教 (yudayakyō)world religion
Korean 유대교
- 유대교 (yudaegyo)world religion
Latin Iūdaismus
- Iūdaismusworld religion
Latvian jūdaisms
- jūdaismsworld religion
Lithuanian judaizmas
- judaizmasworld religion
Malay Yahudi, agama Yahudi
- Yahudiworld religion
- agama Yahudiworld religion
Māori Hūraitanga
- Hūraitangaworld religion
Norwegian Bokmål jødedom
- jødedomworld religion
Polish judaizm
- judaizmworld religion
Portuguese judaísmo
- judaísmoworld religion
Romanian iudaism
- iudaismworld religion
Russian иудаи́зм, иуде́йство
- иудаи́зм (iudaízm)world religion
- иуде́йство (iudéjstvo)world religion
Scottish Gaelic iùdhachas
- iùdhachasworld religion
Slovak judaizmus
- judaizmusworld religion
Spanish judaísmo
- judaísmoworld religion
Swahili Uyahudi
- Uyahudiworld religion
Swedish judendom
- judendomworld religion
Tagalog Hudaismo
- Hudaismoworld religion
Tamil யூதம்
- யூதம் (yūtam)world religion
Thai ศาสนายูดาย, ศาสนายูดาห์
- ศาสนายูดาย (sàat-sà-nǎa-yuu-daai)world religion
- ศาสนายูดาห์world religion
- ศาสนายิวworld religion
Turkish Musevilik, Yahudilik
- Musevilikworld religion
- Yahudilikworld religion
Ukrainian іудаї́зм, юдаї́зм
- іудаї́зм (iudajízm)world religion
- юдаї́зм (judajízm)world religion
Urdu یَہُودِیَت
- یَہُودِیَت (yahūdiyat)world religion
Vietnamese Do thái giáo, đạo Do thái
- Do thái giáoworld religion
- đạo Do tháiworld religion
Welsh Iddewiaeth
- Iddewiaethworld religion
Yiddish ייִדישקײַט, ייִדישקייט
- ייִדישקײַט (yidishkayt)world religion
- ייִדישקייט (yidishkeyt)world religion
- יהדות (yaades)world religion
- יודאַיִזם (yudaizm)world religion
Cite this entry
Judaism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Judaism
“Judaism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Judaism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Judaism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Judaism.
Source: Judaism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.