Hebraism

American  

[hee-brey-iz-uhm, -bree-] / ˈhi breɪˌɪz əm, -bri- /

noun

1. an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.

2. the character, spirit, principles, or practices distinctive of the Hebrew people.

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Hebraism British  

/ ˈhiːbreɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a linguistic usage, custom, or other feature borrowed from or particular to the Hebrew language, or to the Jewish people or their culture

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Etymology

Origin of Hebraism

1560–70; < Late Greek Hebraïsmós, equivalent to Hebra- ( see Hebraize) + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

These are the permanent values he has resolved to serve, believing that a synthesis of Hellenism and Hebraism is the hope of the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daniel Deronda, as usual, shows brilliant literary skill in many passages, and its insight into modern Hebraism is a psychological problem.

From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Harrison, Frederic

Nevertheless, so far as material offers itself, we find in Hebrew art just those qualities we might expect from Hebraism.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

Alongside of Hebraism, which is Euhemeristic in principle, allegorical methods of interpretation were put forward.

From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg

The narrow Puritans of the seventeenth century revealed some of the dangers of excessive Hebraism; some of the dangers of excessive Hellenism have appeared in France.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)