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goyishness en · NOUN

Etymology

From goyish + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The fact of being goyish, or non-Jewish.
    • Is the author aware, I wonder, how Joel's neglect of his religious heritage parallels his repression of his sexual past? […] In any case, it's there anyhow: Joel married not only into straightness but into goyishness. 1986 April 12, Duncan Mitchel, “To Grow Gently and with Honor”, in Gay Community News, page 9: