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Yiddishism

proper noun

  1. a usage, word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Yiddish
  2. a movement characterized by advocacy of the Yiddish language and culture
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From Yiddish + -ism.

  1. The Yiddishist movement.

noun

Etymology: From Yiddish + -ism.

  1. A word or phrase that is characteristically Yiddish but used in another language.

    “Is this term indeed derived from Tanach or other holy books? Or is it just a nonsensical "Yiddishism" that kind of made it through the generations from grandmothers to their kids?”