Judaism

See also: Judaïsm and judaism

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Alternative forms

• Judaïsm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːˌdeɪ.ɪz.əm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.deɪˌɪz.əm/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.diˌɪz.əm/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.dəˌɪz.əm/, /d͡ʒuˈdeɪˌɪz.əm/

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Proper noun

Judaism (usually uncountable, plural Judaisms)

2. An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.
   • 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 216:

     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.

   • 2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The resurgence of overt antisemitism has underscored just how limiting the category of race is, said Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly.

Hypernyms

• religion, Abrahamism, monotheism

Hyponyms

• Conservative Judaism
• Ebionitism
• Frankism
• Haredi Judaism
• Hasidism
• Karaism
• Orthodox Judaism
• Rabbinic Judaism
• Reconstructionist Judaism
• Reform Judaism
• Sadduceeism

Coordinate terms

religionsedit

• agnosticism
• Asatru
• atheism
• Ayyavazhi
• Baháʼí Faith
• Bon
• Buddhism
• Cao Dai
• Cheondoism
• Christianity
• deism
• Druidry
• Druze
• Eckankar
• Heathenry
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Jainism
• Jediism
• Judaism
• Kimbanguism
• Odinism
• paganism
• Pastafarianism
• Raëlism
• Rastafarianism
• Rodnovery
• Romuva
• Samaritanism
• Sanamahism
• Shinto
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Tengrism
• Thelema
• Unitarian Universalism
• Wicca
• Yahwism
• Yazidism
• Yoruba
• Zoroastrianism

Related terms

• Jew
• Jewish
• Jewish calendar
• Judaic
• Judaica

Translations

world religion

• Aghwan: 𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎 (vačarun)
• Albanian: judaizëm m
• Amharic: አይሁድና (ʾäyhudna)
• Arabic: يَهُودِيَّة (ar) f (yahūdiyya)
• Armenian: հուդայականություն (hy) (hudayakanutʻyun)
• Asturian: xudaísmu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: İudaizm
• Bashkir: йәһүдилек (yəhüdilek)
• Belarusian: іудаі́зм m (iudaízm), іўдаі́зм m (iŭdaízm), юдаі́зм m (judaízm)
• Bengali: ইহুদি ধর্ম (ihudi dhormo)
• Bulgarian: юдаи́зъм (bg) m (judaízǎm)
• Burmese: ဂျူးဘာသာ (gyu:bhasa)
• Catalan: judaisme (ca) m
• Chechen: жуьгталла (žügtalla)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 猶太教 / 犹太教 (jau⁴ taai³ gaau³)

  Hakka: 猶太教 / 犹太教 (Yù-thai-kau)

  Hokkien: 猶太教 / 犹太教 (Iû-thài-kàu)

  Mandarin: 猶太教 / 犹太教 (zh) (Yóutàijiào)

• Czech: židovství (cs) n, judaismus (cs) m
• Danish: jødedom (da) c
• Dhivehi: ޔަހޫދީދީން (yahūdīdīn̊)
• Dutch: jodendom (nl) n
• Esperanto: judismo, judaismo
• Estonian: judaism
• Finnish: juutalaisuus (fi)
• French: judaïsme (fr) m
• Galician: xudaísmo (gl) m
• Georgian: იუდაიზმი (ka) (iudaizmi)
• German: Judentum (de) n, Judaismus m
• Greek: ιουδαϊσμός (el) m (ioudaïsmós)

  Ancient: Ἰουδαϊσμός m (Ioudaïsmós)

• Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת (he) f (yahadút)
• Hindi: यहूदी धर्म m (yahūdī dharm), यूदावाद m (yūdāvād)
• Hungarian: judaizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: gyðingdómur m
• Indonesian: agama Yahudi
• Irish: Giúdachas m
• Italian: judaisimo m, ebraismo (it) m
• Japanese: ユダヤ教 (ja) (ユダヤきょう, yudayakyō)
• Kazakh: яһудилік (ähudilık), иудаизм (iudaizm)
• Khmer: សាសនាជ្វីហ្វ (saasnaa cwiif)
• Korean: 유대교 (ko) (yudaegyo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: cihûtî (ku) f, cihûyanî f

• Kyrgyz: иудаизм (iudaizm)
• Ladino: djudaizmo, Djudaismo
• Lao: ສາສະໜາຊູດາ (sā sa nā sū dā)
• Latin: iudaismus m
• Latvian: jūdaisms m
• Lithuanian: judaizmas m
• Macedonian: јудаи́зам m (judaízam)
• Malay: Yahudi (ms), agama Yahudi
• Maltese: Ġudaiżmu m
• Maori: Hūraitanga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: иудаизм (iudaizm)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jødedom m

  Nynorsk: jødedom m

• Pashto: يهوديت m (yahūdyat)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: یَهُودِیَت (yahūdiyat)

  Iranian Persian: یَهودِیَت (yahudiyat)

• Polish: judaizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: judaísmo (pt) m
• Romanian: iudaism (ro) n
• Russian: иудаи́зм (ru) m (iudaízm), иуде́йство (ru) n (iudéjstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: iùdhachas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јудаѝзам m

  Roman: judaìzam (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ජුදා ආගම (judā āgama)
• Slovak: judaizmus (sk) m
• Slovene: judovstvo (sl) n, judaizem (sl) m, žídovstvo (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žydojstwo n, judaizm m

  Upper Sorbian: židowstwo n

• Spanish: judaísmo (es) m
• Swahili: Uyahudi
• Swedish: judendom (sv) c
• Tagalog: Hudaismo
• Tajik: яҳудият (yahudiyat)
• Tamil: யூதம் (ta) (yūtam)
• Tatar: яһүдилек (yahüdilek), иудаизм (iwdaizm), яһүд дине (yahüd dine)
• Thai: ศาสนายูดาย (sàat-sà-nǎa-yuu-daai), ศาสนายูดาห์, ศาสนายิว
• Tibetan: ཡིའུ་ཐའེ་ཆོས་ལུགས (yi'u tha'e chos lugs)
• Turkish: Musevilik (tr), Yahudilik (tr)
• Turkmen: ýehudylykda
• Ukrainian: іудаї́зм m (iudajízm), юдаї́зм m (judajízm)
• Urdu: یَہُودِیَت f (yahūdiyat)
• Uyghur: يەھۇدى دىنى (yehudi dini)
• Uzbek: yahudiylik
• Vietnamese: Do thái giáo (猶太教), đạo Do thái (教猶太)
• Volapük: yud (vo)
• Welsh: Iddewiaeth (cy) f
• Yiddish: ייִדישקײַט f (yidishkayt), ייִדישקייט f (yidishkeyt), יהדות n (yaades), יודאַיִזם m (yudaizm)

See also

• Christianity
• Islam
• monotheism
• Mosaism