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Jewishness

American  
[joo-ish-nis] / ˈdʒu ɪʃ nɪs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being Jewish.


Etymology

Origin of Jewishness

First recorded in 1540–50; Jewish + -ness

Example Sentences

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"I've never felt my Jewishness before. I've never experienced antisemitism in my whole life until now," MaryAnne says.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

The coverup didn’t quite work—Dillon’s Jewishness was often suspected—but he never stopped trying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Eager to serve his premise regarding Dylan’s Jewishness, Freedman sometimes turns it into a flimsy fallback device.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

The secretly-Jewish Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai foil Haman's plan when Esther reveals her Jewishness to her husband and convinces the king to spare her people from genocide.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

It was in her sense of education, more than any other, that Mommy conveyed her Jewishness to us.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride