peoplehood

American  

[pee-puhl-hood] / ˈpi pəlˌhʊd /

noun

1. the state or condition of being a people. person.

2. the consciousness of certain beliefs or characteristics that make one part of a people; person; sense of belonging to a people. person.

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Etymology

Origin of peoplehood

First recorded in 1905–10; people + -hood

Example Sentences

Jews, a time when even the dispassionate join in a display of peoplehood.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 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