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Word | Shibboleth |
Spanish Meaning | contraseña, palabra que sirve de santo y seña, ,santo y seña, doctrina anticuada |
a favorite saying of a sect or political group / a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people / A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii. / a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important., | |
Usage | ⇒ Sometimes contradiction occurs between me and my father because of his stickness to shibboleths ⇒ the party began to break with the shibboleths of the left |
Synonyms | catchword, watchword, motto, password, slogan, byword, cry, platitude, commonplace, countersign, open sesame, phrase, truism, banality, bromide, catch phrase, catchphrase, jargon, saying, symbol, |
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