Jewishness

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English

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Etymology

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From Jewish +‎ -ness.

Noun

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Jewishness (usually uncountable, plural Jewishnesses)

  1. The property of being Jewish.
    Synonyms: Jewhood, Jewship
    • 1982 August 14, Andrea Fred Loewenstein, Evelyn Torton Beck, “Bringing it all Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 8:
      When I first knew you I was struck by your pride in your Jewishness, but as far as I knew you weren't yet a lesbian. Can you ttell me something about how you came to terms with these two parts of yourself?

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