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Meaning of dejudaize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To remove or eliminate Jewish beliefs or customs from someone.
    transitive, uncommon
  2. To renounce or convert from Judaism.
    transitive
  3. To render less Jewish.
    transitive

Examples

“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."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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