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dhimmitude en · NOUN

Etymology

c. 1985, from French (c. 1982), from dhimmi + -tude.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, uncountable) Appeasement towards Islamic demands.
    • The most likely scenario for Europe isn't dhimmitude; it's a long period of tension, punctuated by spasms of violence, that makes the Continent a more unpleasant place without fundamentally transforming it. 2009 December 7, Ross Douthat, “Europe's Minaret Moment”, in New York Times:

Relateds

dhimmi · dhimma

Translations (2)

it dhimmitudine (appeasement towards Islamic demands) · fr dhimmitude (appeasement towards Islamic demands)