Haredize
Haredize verb: to convert to or bring into conformity with Haredi Judaism.
Verb
Haredize (third-person singular simple present Haredizes, present participle Haredizing, simple past and past participle Haredized)
- To convert to or bring into conformity with Haredi Judaism.
- Nothing perhaps symbolized this attitude better than the case of the Yale students who, coming out of contrapuntalist Orthodoxy but having been Haredized, were prepared in 1997 to get a Yale degree but wanted little to do with Yale culture and life as found in its dormitories.2006, Samuel C. Heilman, Sliding to the Right, page 301
- Yet it is difficult to imagine it appearing several years earlier, even if it is only with the final phrase that the acculturational cycle is completed, namely that the importation of non-Haredi culture is “Haredized,” accorded a Haredi religious affect by the reference to rabbinic guidance.2006, Simeon D. Baumel, Sacred Speakers, page 63
Forms of Haredize
| third-person singular present | Haredizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | Haredizing |
| past participle | Haredized |
| past | Haredized |
Origin of Haredize
From Haredi + -ize.
Questions about Haredize
- What does Haredize mean?
- Haredize means to convert to or bring into conformity with Haredi Judaism.
- What part of speech is Haredize?
- Haredize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of Haredize?
- The past tense of Haredize is Haredized.
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