goyish

American  

[goi-ish] / ˈgɔɪ ɪʃ /

adjective

Usually Disparaging.

1. being, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goy or goys.

   explaining Passover to my goyish boss;

   a goyish version of chicken soup.

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Sensitive Note

See goy.

Etymology

Origin of goyish

goy + -ish ¹

Compare meaning

How does goyish compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• goyish vs. Jewish

Example Sentences

Postwar Hollywood tackled the issue of antisemitism — from a goyish viewpoint — in films like “Gentleman’s Agreement,” in which Gregory Peck played a journalist posing as a Jew to root out bigotry.

From New York Times

In my Monday column about 92-year-old Gerry Steinkeller’s much-delayed bar mitzvah, I evidenced an imperfect, goyish notion of Judaism.

From Washington Post

This week’s actual guest star is Elayne Boosler, and for those too goyish to know who that is, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend provides a handy explainer: “You’ve got your Totie Fields, your Joan Rivers, your Fran Drescher, and then you got your Elayne Boosler,” Naomi tells Valencia of the comedian, who is allegedly a childhood friend she met at the affluent “Camp Kavetcha.”

From Slate

If you work in the Trump administration, you are goyish even if you are Jewish.

From Washington Post

The House is goyish, the Senate is Jewish.

From Washington Post