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Judeopessimism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The tendency to view antisemitism as constitutive of human civilization; summarizing Jews as eternally doomed to live in substandard conditions, such as always being surrounded by a hostile population.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

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Etymology

From Judeo- + pessimism, by analogy with Afro-pessimism.