bds
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (academic qualification to practise dentistry in the UK and most of the Commonwealth except Canada)
name
Initialism of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
noun
plural of BD
noun
plural of bd
Example Sentences
- "The BDS movement aims to pressure Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and to respect the rights of Palestinians. The movement advocates for boycotts of Israeli products, divestment from companies operating in Israeli settlements, and sanctions against Israel."
- "In the essay, Gessen, who uses they, criticised Germany’s unequivocal support of Israel, drawing attention to the Bundestag’s 2019 resolution condemning the Israel boycott movement BDS as antisemitic and quoting a Jewish critic of Germany’s politics of Holocaust remembrance as saying memory culture had “gone haywire”."
- "Coordinate term: Trump derangement syndrome"
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Uncountable