Judeo-Christian

American

[joo-dey-oh-kris-chuhn, -dee-] / dʒuˈdeɪ oʊˈkrɪs tʃən, -ˈdi- /

Or Judaeo-Christian

adjective

of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.

Etymology

Origin of Judeo-Christian

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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For example, Mr. Mansfield dismisses the idea of a Judeo-Christian tradition as a Hegelian confection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“We share the same values, the same Judeo-Christian values in power,” he told a crowd at a town hall in New Hampshire, according to NBC News.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2023

In speeches and casual conversations with these voters, he maintains that his religion has much in common with “the Judeo-Christian values this nation was founded on.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2023

By her early teens, she had rejected “a lot of Judeo-Christian stuff that was in my family.”

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

The Aristotelian system was Greek, but the Judeo-Christian story of creation was Semitic—and Semites didn’t have such a fear of the void.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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