shibboleths

Meaning of shibboleths

noun
  1. A word, especially seen as a test, to distinguish someone as belonging to a particular nation, class, profession etc.
  2. A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth.
    It's about time we abandoned the bourgeois shibboleth that earning money makes you a better person.

Information about shibboleths

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of shibboleths is: shibboleth.
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Hyphenation of shibboleths

shib-bo-leths

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • shibboleths is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

shibboleths synonyms

Meaning :

platitude, slogan, truism

Words that rhyme with shibboleths

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