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Pronunciation: [ʃˈɪbə͡ʊləθs] (IPA)

Shibboleths are words or phrases that are used to distinguish insiders from outsiders. These words or expressions have unique meanings and are known only to a specific group or community. Synonyms for the term shibboleths include passwords, catchphrases, slogans, and buzzwords. These words or expressions are used to identify members of a specific group or profession. For example, lawyers might use legal jargon as a shibboleth to identify other legal professionals. Similarly, a sports fan might use references to obscure statistics to identify other fans. Overall, shibboleths are a cultural marker that separate insiders from outsiders and contribute to a sense of belonging and community.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Shibboleths

And again there came nights when doctors shook their heads and nurses looked grave; nights when it was understood that before another dawn had come creeping through the windows little Billy Garrison would have crossed the Big Divide; nights when the shibboleths of a dead-and-gone life were even fluttering on his lips; nights when names but not identities fought with one another for existence; fought for birth, for supremacy, and "Sue" always won; nights when he sat up in bed as he had sat up in Bellevue long ago, and with tense hands and blazing eyes fought out victory on the stretch.
"Garrison's Finish A Romance of the Race-Course"
W. B. M. Ferguson
Beware of party cries and shibboleths, the idols of the forum, as Plato called them, the prejudices which are set as snares for your feet.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
"We are called upon on all sides of this ancient quarrel to make what people call sacrifices-sacrifices of inherited predilections, of old-world ideas, and of ancient shibboleths, of perhaps ingrained prejudice.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn

Famous quotes with Shibboleths

  • Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.
    John Lahr
  • Democratic man, dreaming eternally of Utopias, is ever a prey to shibboleths.
    H. L. Mencken

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