单词 | yiddishist |
释义 | Yiddishistn.adj. A. n. An adherent or supporter of Yiddishism (Yiddishism n. 2); spec. an advocate of the use of Yiddish as the worldwide language of Jewish people. Also: a person who studies or is interested in Yiddish language or literature. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > Yiddish > one who speaks Yiddishist1917 1917 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 310 Russian Jewry rang for a time with the bitter controversy of the so-called Hebraists and Yiddishists. The Yiddishists..won... In 1903..Yiddish was solemnly proclaimed the Jewish national language. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 108 Her father had been..a member of the Arbeiter-Ring, a Yiddishist. 1970 Language 46 938 The title of this book [sc. The Field of Yiddish] suggests that it is primarily of interest to Yiddishists. 2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 July (Late ed.) c1 The number of speakers [of Yiddish] has dropped to several hundred thousand—mostly ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews and a few devoted Yiddishists. B. adj. Of or relating to Yiddishism or Yiddishists; advocating or promoting Yiddish culture or language. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [adjective] > specific pan-Slavic1848 pan-Slavistic1848 pan-Slavonic1848 Panhellenist1850 pan-Arab1881 pan-Arabic1881 pan-Africander1884 Zionistic1894 Zionist1896 pan-Germanistic1903 Africanistic1904 Arab nationalist1913 pan-Germanist1916 Ottomanizing1917 Yiddishist1920 pan-Arabist1956 Arabist1957 pan-Africanist1957 Africanist1958 1920 North-China Herald (Shanghai) 6 Mar. 637/1 The Yiddishist movement is about 10 years old. 1942 Universal Jewish Encycl. VII. 58/2 His [sc. Lifshitz's] essay, ‘Die Fier Klassn’,..set forth the basic principles of the modern Yiddishist cultural movement. 1976 I. B. Singer in D. Villiers Next Year in Jerusalem 62 The leftist Yiddishists tried to identify Yiddish with the social revolution... Russia had promised its Jews a Yiddishist cultural autonomy. 2004 Outlook Nov. 19/1 Itzik Gottesman, the New York Yiddish editor of Forward , argues for keeping the Ashkenaz Festival in a Yiddishist tradition by using the Yiddish language only. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1917 |
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