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jewy

jewy

2 9.9
An insulting word that describes Jewish people with wrong, hurtful ideas and should not be used
  • adjective
  • Slur
: [ofensivo: término despectivo para los judíos]
  • Scarsdale, NY, The Jewiest town in all of the land.

Examples

  • I was like, OK, OK, that's a fucking Jewy Jew right now.

Synonyms

pejorative
vsjewy
11 8.2

Showing strong dislike of someone or something, often used about words

targets a group by invoking negative stereotypes rather than general contempt
antisemitic
vsjewy
  • Offensive
5 8.5

Showing hate or unfair treatment of Jewish people

is an offensive label using negative stereotypes about that group rather than explicit hostility

How Offensive

antisemitic
  • Offensive
5 8.5
jewy
  • Slur
2 9.9
offensive
  • Offensive
276 4.0
derogatory
36 6.9
insensitive
119 4.6

Surface Forms

jewy positive

Morphology

jewy = Jew (transparent) = jew + y

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-y' added to 'Jew'; a learner who knows 'Jew' can infer the basic 'resembling/characteristic of' meaning, though the word is derogatory and encodes negative stereotype meaning.

Etymology

Jewy comes from the name Jew for Jewish people plus the ending -y, which means 'like', so it means 'like a Jew'. Because it repeats hurtful stereotypes about Jews, it is an offensive term and should not be used.