diasporanadj.n.
/dʌɪˈasp(ə)rən/, U.S. /daɪˈæsp(ə)rən/, /diˈæsp(ə)rən/ A. adj.
1. That arises from the dispersion of a particular group of people beyond their traditional homeland or point of origin; = diasporic adj. 2.In quot. 1894 with reference to the beliefs of early Christian communities living outside the land of Israel.
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1894 S. F. Dunlap Ghebers of Hebron vi. 359 The like parallel can be drawn between Judaism posterior to the Pentateuch and the Diasporan Christianism, as developed by the New Testament and the papacy at Rome.
1963 Middle East Forum Feb. 14/2 Diasporan Judaism was founded on the political quietism and intellectual introspection of a rabbinic tradition inaugurated by Rabbi Jochanan ben Zakkai.
1972 Jrnl. Palestine Stud. 2 139 The historical improbability..only underlines Professor Herman's tacit recognition that most Israelis have a negative regard for the Diasporan traditions which constitute the basis of Jewishness.
1998 Lat. Amer. Perspectives 25 121 Many world-music promoters..capitalize on the appeal to Northern consumers of exotic and rootsy—read black—diasporan music and culture.
2011 R. Wajnryb in Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Nov. (Bks. section) 36 They should have learnt that theirs was a diasporan identity, that the right of national self-determination was permissible to all peoples but not to them.
2. Designating a person or people living in a diaspora; = diasporic adj. 1.
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1954 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VIII. viii. 600 These Zionist Neo-Zealots were anathema to diasporan devotees of the Ritualistic Zealot tradition.
1970 A. R. Taylor Prelude to Israel (rev. ed.) 111 The disinclination of Diasporan Jews to emigrate to Israel is based on more than practical considerations.
1975 Black World Aug. 43 How would you appraise the value—spiritual, political or otherwise—of the diasporan Black man's proverbial return to mother Africa?
1992 Herald (Glasgow) 2 July 12 The PLO, residents of East Jerusalem, deportees, and diasporan Palestinians have no direct input into the talks.
2001 Wasafiri Spring 84/1 The discord between Amir and Parvin's narratives underlines the irreconcilable nature of the differences between diasporan migrants and their offspring.
B. n.
A person living in a diaspora; any member of a particular group of people dispersed beyond their traditional homeland or point of origin.
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1972 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 9 Jan. 4/3 Patai thus helps us begin the task of discovering what makes us Diasporans tick.
1977 Phylon 38 208 Japanese Americans and Jewish Americans, enormously successful Diasporans, have such a spiritual-cultural and racial context.
1991 M. Bedrosian Magical Pine Ring 2 Each story cast..the springs and rocks of the Armenian terrain in high relief, and over time I would sound like a typical diasporan, adept at flourishing textbook facts.
2009 E. Ben-Rafael & Y. Sternberg Transnationalism iv. xxxii. 669 Many Chinese diasporans assert their closeness to their community and identify with customs and legacies.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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