Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dejudaize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deju-daize
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove or eliminate Jewish beliefs or customs from someone.

Transitive verb

verb

To renounce or convert from Judaism.

Transitive verb

verb

To render less Jewish.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"unless they were guilty of such inconsistency of conduct as should dejudaize them."
"This is what has led Böhme to say (Versuch das Geheimnis des Menschensohns zuenthüllen, 1839) that the object of Jesus in choosing this name was to dejudaize the idea of the Messiah."
"Many of our people have been dejudaized but have not been Americanized for if they were Americanized they would feel the need of a Sabbath."
"SAMMONS depoliticizes and dereligionizes Heine--he especially dejudaizes him--all the more to build up the man of artistic vision and integrity."
"As for political Zionism, Strauss regards it as merely "continuing and intensifying the dejudaizing tendency of assimilation.""

Etymology

From de- + Judaize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

dejudaizes (present, singular) dejudaizing (participle, present) dejudaized (participle, past) dejudaized (past)

Derived Forms

dejudaization

Antonyms

Judaize

Questions

What does dejudaize mean?: To remove or eliminate Jewish beliefs or customs from someone.
Where does dejudaize come from?: From de- + Judaize.

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