Judeo-Christian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Judeo-Christian
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Eve’s prominent role in advertising demonstrates how the Judeo-Christian tradition permeated American culture, including the fashion industry.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
“These origin stories deviate sharply” from the “logocentric” creation stories of Judeo-Christian origin, writes Maria Tatar in “Arachnomania: Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that civil rights protesters stood for “the most sacred values in our Judeo-Christian heritage.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
As Sundaram sees it, Ramaswamy does have a valid claim to Judeo-Christian values simply by growing up in the U.S., steeped in it.
From Slate • Aug. 29, 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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