diasporic

[ dahy-uh-spawr-ik, ‑-spor-ik ]

adjective

1. Often Diasporic. of or relating to the Diaspora, the scattering of the Jews to countries outside Palestine after the Babylonian captivity:

   The diasporic book of Daniel celebrates Daniel's refusal to assimilate to the pressures of the gentile court in Babylon.

2. Often Diasporic. of, being, or relating to the body of Jews living in countries other than Israel, or those countries collectively:

   The Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures provides a picture that encompasses Diasporic forms of Jewish existence, including the shift from sacredly imbued patterns to more secular ones.

3. Often Diasporic. of, being, or relating to any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, either involuntarily or by migration:

   In recent years large numbers of people have fled from Kurdistan, and Kurds now make up a broad range of diasporic communities around the world.

4. relating to, characterized by, or arising from the social phenomenon of dispersion, constant mobility, and rootlessness:

   His poems project the turmoil of this particular fractured and diasporic moment, where the unsettled is the norm and all is in continuous flux.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diasporic¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; diaspor(a) ( def ) + -ic

Example Sentences

“Coconut & Sambal” is as much a cookbook and guide to traditional and modern Indonesian dishes as it is a memoir of a diasporic childhood, filled with the expansiveness that comes from living and merging two worlds into one.

From Washington Post

Yes, it can project that message to the world in a different way than can Diasporic Jewish communities.

From The Daily Beast

For millennia, Diasporic Jewish communities were the strongest producers and mouthpieces for Jewish religion and culture.

From The Daily Beast