Judaism

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Judaism

  • /ˈd͡ʒuːˌdeɪ.ɪz.əm/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.deɪˌɪz.əm/ US
  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.diˌɪz.əm/ US
  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.dəˌɪz.əm/ US
  • /d͡ʒuˈdeɪˌɪz.əm/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English Iudaisme, from Late Latin Iūdaismus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊσμός (Ioudaïsmós), from Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ĭoudaîos) + -ισμός (-ismós), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá) + -ιος (-ios), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏā(h), “Judah”). Doublet of Judezmo.

proper noun Judaisms · Judaïsm · Judaeism · Judæism · Jewdaism

  1. uncountable, usually An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh. I am a person of faith, and I am proud of my Judaism, its culture, its traditions and most importantly its belief in the family.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hebraism, jewish religion, hebrew, jew, progressive, liberal, jewdom, jewry, yahwism, mosaicism, rabbinism, jewish faith, jewish tradition, talmudism, judaica, jewishness

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Españoljudaísmo
한국어유대교 yudaegyo
日本語ユダヤ教 yudayakyō
中文猶太教 /犹太教 Yóutàijiào
हिन्दीयहूदी धर्म yahūdī dharm, यूदावाद yūdāvād
KiswahiliUyahudi
Portuguêsjudaísmo
Françaisjudaïsme
DeutschJudentum, Judaismus
Italianoebraismo, giudaismo
Ελληνικάιουδαϊσμός ioudaïsmós
Românăiudaism
Русскийиудаи́зм iudaízm, иуде́йство iudéjstvo
Tiếng ViệtDo thái giáo, đạo Do thái
العربيةيَهُودِيَّة yahūdiyya
עבריתיַהֲדוּת yahadút

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@misc{judaism_2026,
  title = {Judaism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/judaism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}