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goyishkeit

Syllables: goy·ish·keit/ˈɡɔɪ.ɪʃ.kaɪt/

goyishkeit noun: non-Jewish culture, customs, lifestyle, and values.

Noun

goyishkeit (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism, rare) Non-Jewish culture, customs, lifestyle, and values.
    • “But what makes you think of such things now?” Asked Abbie. “Last week you were cheerful about everything, even the goyishkeit in America. What has happened?”1928, Abraham Burstein, The Ghetto Messenger, Bloch Publishing Company, pages 87—88
    • What troubles me is an attitude of disdain or indifference for the feelings of non-Jews towards us which seems to me incompatible with the Jewish concept of Kiddush Hashem whereby we are to care very deeply about the opinions and feelings of Goyim (Gentiles) concerning us. The Rebbe calls such...1995, Immanuel Jakobovits, Jeffrey M. Cohen, Dear Chief Rabbi: From the Correspondence of Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits on Matters of Jewish Law, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues, 1980-1990, KTAV...

Antonyms of goyishkeit

Forms of goyishkeit

alternative formgoyishkait
alternative formgoyishkayt
alternative formgoyishkeyt

Origin of goyishkeit

Borrowed from Yiddish גױיִשקײַט (goyishkayt).

Questions about goyishkeit

What does goyishkeit mean?
Goyishkeit means non-Jewish culture, customs, lifestyle, and values.
What part of speech is goyishkeit?
Goyishkeit is a noun.
How do you pronounce goyishkeit?
Goyishkeit is pronounced /ˈɡɔɪ.ɪʃ.kaɪt/.

Words near goyishkeit in the dictionary

  1. goyische
  2. goyish
  3. goyishe
  4. goyishkait
  5. goyishkayt
  6. goyishkeit
  7. goyishkeyt
  8. goyishness
  9. goyle
  10. goyles
  11. goyloop

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