Judeity

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/d͡ʒuˈdiː.ɪti//d͡ʒuˈdeɪ.ɪti/

noun

Synonym of Jewishness

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nounJudeity (usually uncountable, plural Judeities)

plural Judeities

  1. 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 32
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    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 233

    If 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 102

    At 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 138

    Synonyms: Jewishness

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nounSynonym of Jewishness

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Origin

  1. New LatinIūdaeitās
  2. 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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