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shibboleth

/ˈʃɪbəleθ/noun

उच्चारण शिबलेथ

पुरानी मान्यता, घिसा-पिटा सिद्धांत, पुराना नारा

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  1. 1

    [C] formal

    an old idea, principle or phrase that is no longer considered important by many people

    पुरानी मान्यता, घिसा-पिटा सिद्धांत, पुराना नारा

    • The party has abandoned the old shibboleths of state control.
    • Economic reforms challenged many socialist shibboleths.

    Synonyms dogma doctrine cliché platitude slogan

  2. 2

    [C] formal

    a custom, word or phrase that marks a person as belonging to a particular group

    पहचान-चिह्न, किसी समूह की पहचान वाला शब्द या रिवाज

    • The accent was a social shibboleth that revealed his background.

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⌂Word origin and word building

From Hebrew, where it was a word used in the Bible to tell apart people of different tribes by the way they said it.

यह शब्द Hebrew से आया है, जहाँ Bible में इसके उच्चारण से अलग-अलग कबीलों के लोगों को पहचाना जाता था।