Meanings
plural Judeities
- uncountableusuallySynonym of Jewishness
In 1930, Ernst Jünger called on the Jews to stop dissembling, no longer to pass themselves off as Germans, and openly to acknowledge their Judeity.
1995, Enzo Traverso, The Jews and Germany, page 323 more examples
Their Judeity is unmediated; it is self-understood; it needs no institutional props, no defenses against de-identifying assimilation, no dialogues with other religions.
1989, Moshe Leshem, Israel Alone, page 233If Spinoza's reading of the mind of the early Hebrews is correct, then the Judeity of his concept of God is of a piece with his concept of divine love, and both are intimately related to divine immanence: [...]
2012, Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy, page 102At the same time, it also throws light on that which, in the Judeity of those concerned, either finds itself altered or undergoes a recomposition as an effect of interactions with the majority other, including during periods of rejection.
2021, Catherine Fhima, “Judeity”, in Vicki-Marie Petrick, transl., Cultures of Contagion, page 138Synonyms: Jewishness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Jewishness
Origin
- New LatinIūdaeitās
- EnglishJudeity
Borrowed from New Latin Iūdaeitās, from iūdae(us) (“Judean”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, Jude(an) + -ity. Cognate with Catalan judeïtat, French judéité, German Judäität, Italian giudeità, Portuguese judeidade, Spanish judeidad.
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