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The only shibboleth the West has is science. It is the premise of modernity and it defines itself as a rationality capable of, indeed requiring separation from politics, religion and really, society. Modernisation is to work towards this.
Bruno Latour

Meaning of "shibboleth" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHIBBOLETH

From Hebrew, literally: ear of grain; the word is used in the Old Testament by the Gileadites as a test word for the Ephraimites, who could not pronounce the sound sh.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIBBOLETH

shibboleth  [ˈʃɪbəˌlɛθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIBBOLETH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shibboleth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHIBBOLETH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shibboleth

Shibboleth

A shibboleth is a word or custom whose variations in pronunciation or style can be used to differentiate members of ingroups from those of outgroups. Within the mindset of the ingroup, a connotation or value judgment of correct/incorrect or superior/inferior can be ascribed to the two variants.

Definition of shibboleth in the English dictionary

The definition of shibboleth in the dictionary is a belief, principle, or practice which is commonly adhered to but which is thought by some people to be inappropriate or out of date. Other definition of shibboleth is a custom, phrase, or use of language that acts as a test of belonging to, or as a stumbling block to becoming a member of, a particular social class, profession, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIBBOLETH


choropleth
ˈkɔːrəˌplɛθ
isopleth
ˈaɪsəʊˌplɛθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIBBOLETH

shiai
shiatsu
shiatzu
shibah
shibuichi
shicker
shickered
shicksa
shidder
shidduch
shidduchim
shied
shiel
shield
shield bug
shield cricket
shield fern
shield match
Shield of David
shield volcano

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIBBOLETH

back teeth
beth
brandreth
daleth
dragon´s teeth
Elisabeth
Elizabeth
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kick in the teeth
Koheleth
Lambeth
Macbeth
meth
Morpeth
Nazareth
Port Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth
Seth
teeth
twentieth

Synonyms and antonyms of shibboleth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shibboleth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIBBOLETH

Find out the translation of shibboleth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shibboleth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shibboleth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陈词滥调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shibboleth
570 millions of speakers

English

shibboleth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shibboleth
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لغو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Шибболет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shibboleth
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শীবোলেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

schibboleth
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shibboleth
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shibboleth
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Shibbolethの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shibboleth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khẩu hiệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரிபாஷையைத்தவிர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिबबोलेथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

slogan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parola d´ordine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shibboleth
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Шибболет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shibboleth
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shibboleth
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sjibbolet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shibboleth
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Shibboleth
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shibboleth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIBBOLETH»

The term «shibboleth» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIBBOLETH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shibboleth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shibboleth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shibboleth

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QUOTES WITH «SHIBBOLETH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shibboleth.
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Bruno Latour
The only shibboleth the West has is science. It is the premise of modernity and it defines itself as a rationality capable of, indeed requiring separation from politics, religion and really, society. Modernisation is to work towards this.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIBBOLETH»

Discover the use of shibboleth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shibboleth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shibboleth: My Revolting Life
" In this book, Penny takes us from his strict lower-middle class childhood and his experiences in art school to the Crass years, the hippies, and Free Festivals, including the now legendary, illegal Stonehenge Festival, of which Rimbaud ...
Penny Rimbaud, 1998
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Shibboleth
This is Michael Donaghy's first full-length collection of verse. The critic Alfred Corn commented, "Michael Donaghy's poems have the fine-tuned precision of a ten-speed bike.
Michael Donaghy, 1988
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Shibboleth: A Perfect Murder?
Where better to dispose of a body than in a grave-yard?
P. P. K.Walther, 2011
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Marching to Shibboleth
Designed by Jon Goodchild and Richard Silverstein, the texts are full of photographs, collages and weirdly cool typography typical of High Seventies Style. Phil Proctor edited the visuals and David Ossman the album transcripts for Firesign.
The Firesign Theatre, Brian Pearce, 2011
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Shibboleth: Or Every Man a Free-Mason
Containing A History of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of that Ancient and Noble Order.
Anonymous, 1996
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Say Now Shibboleth
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series.
Eugene Manlove Rhodes, 2010
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Acts of Literature
SHIBBOLETH. FOR PAUL CELAN *»• Paul Celan's poems enact with peculiar intensity the paradox which lies at the heart of Derrida's sense of literature: each one is imbued with a quality of uniqueness, of here-and-nowness, while at the ...
Jacques Derrida, Derek Attridge, 1992
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Investigation and implementation of Shibboleth SSO ...
This work titled ‘Investigation and implementation of Shibboleth SSO mechanism through a case scenario’ presents, discusses, describes and explains the major aspects and concepts of Shibboleth protocol and provides two related ...
Gilles Rubens Badouet, 2013
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Transference: Shibboleth Or Albatross?
So holds Joseph Schachter, whose Transference: Shibboleth or Albatross? undertakes this timely and thought-provoking task.
Joseph Schachter, 2013
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Sovereignties in Question: The Poetics of Paul Celan
This book brings together five powerful encounters.
Jacques Derrida, Thomas Dutoit, Outi Pasanen, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIBBOLETH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shibboleth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Four Spots Open for Shib Installation Workshop June 23-24, 2015
InCommon and CLAC (the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges) are collaborating on an InCommon Shibboleth Installation Workshop at Trinity College in ... «InCommon News Site, Jun 15»
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It's a crotchet, it's a superstition, it's a shibboleth, it's a fetish
Last week as I was adding to the chorus endorsing singular they, a reader commented on Facebook: “I'm still trying to get over the 'over/more than' issue. «Baltimore Sun, Apr 15»
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Registration Open for InCommon Shibboleth Installation Workshop …
Need training on Shibboleth installation? Interested in the new version 3 of the Shibboleth Identity Provider? Then we invite you to the next InCommon ... «InCommon News Site, Mar 15»
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Happy 10th Birthday SAML V2.0
SAML is the Security Assertion Markup Language and is the basis for the Shibboleth single sign-on and federating software. Shibboleth grew out of the Internet2 ... «InCommon News Site, Mar 15»
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March 11 IAM Online - Shibboleth Identity Provider Version 3
Have you read about the recently released version 3 of the Shibboleth Identity Provider software? Are you curious about the improvements and changes? «InCommon News Site, Feb 15»
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Shibboleth Version 3 Identity Provider Release Offers Improved …
The Shibboleth Consortium—a collaborative group of international R&E organizations—has released version 3 of the Shibboleth Identity Provider, the latest ... «InCommon News Site, Feb 15»
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How you say 'Calgary' says a lot
From the Old Testament Book of Judges, a shibboleth describes a word whose precise pronunciation is used to distinguish one group from another. The key to ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
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ファイル共有サービス「Fileforce」が、「WisePoint Shibboleth」との …
「Fileforce」は、認証連携プロトコルであるSAML(Security Assertion Markup Language)に対応しており、シングルサインオン製品である「WisePoint Shibboleth」との認証 ... «PR TIMES, Jan 15»
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The Shibboleth, the sequel to The Twelve Fingered Boy
The Shibboleth, the sequel to The Twelve Fingered Boy. John Hornor Jacobs's 2013 debut YA/horror novel The Twelve Fingered Boy established him as one of ... «Boing Boing, Nov 14»
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オールインワン認証アプライアンス「Account@Adapter」学術認証 …
こうしたシングルサインオンへの需要の高まりを受け、当社の認証アプライアンスサーバ「Account@Adapter」に学認の相互認証連携システムであるShibbolethのSP( ... «PR TIMES, Oct 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Shibboleth [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shibboleth>. May 2024 ».
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