gashmiyus

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Pronunciations

gashmiyus (GAHSH-mee-yis) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Materialism, in contrast with spiritual concerns.

  • n. Indulgence in earthly pleasures

Example Sentences

  • “Some people say that poverty has one advantage: it forces one to go without useless gashmius.”

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH גשמיות > Y גשמיות gashmies

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      gashmies, gashmiyut, gashmiut, gashmius

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