Etymology
Origin of peoplehood
Example Sentences
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One reading of this book’s title challenges the very notion of Jewish peoplehood, that “we are one.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023
“But it is a place where we foster a sense of our peoplehood, our heritage and national identity,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2022
Ever since Abraham, circumcision has been the initiation rite of healthy baby boys into the people of Israel’s faith, practice and peoplehood.
From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2018
When they say equality, they mean sameness, which is to say: conforming to some ideal of Middle America, Little England, or whatever a symbolic representation of real peoplehood comes down to for them.
From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2016
The Afrikaners, on the other hand, had formed their culture, their very peoplehood, in South Africa.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 17, 2015
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