akshones

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Pronunciations

akshones (ahk-SHAW-niss) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Stubbornness.

Example Sentences

  • "And the Sar Shalom (the first Chassidic Belzer Rebbe) taught that Akshones (Yiddish for obstinacy) is indeed our strength for learning and yet our weakness for getting along." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • Y עקשנות akshones

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      akshonis, akshoniss, akshoness

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