diaspora means the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
diaspora is pronounced /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/.
Why “diaspora” is a great word
DIASPORA — [Noun] The dispersion of a people from their original homeland, especially a forced or traumatic scattering that results in a community maintaining a collective identity tied to that lost center. From the Greek diaspora (“dispersion”), from diaspeirein (“to scatter about”), from dia- (“across”) + speirein (“to scatter, sow”). Unlike migration, which suggests a voluntary or planned movement, or exile, which focuses on an individual's banishment, diaspora denotes a collective, often traumatic, scattering from a center—a community sown, unwillingly, across the earth. It is the taste of a remembered spice in a foreign market, the cadence of a prayer in a borrowed language, and the map of a homeland drawn from stories rather than streets. It is the condition of being rooted in a soil you cannot touch.
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- The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.“According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively and considers the settlement of Jews in Israel as essential, the vast majority of American Jews would not be considered Zionists.”
- The Jews so dispersed.
- A similar dispersion.
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- The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).“The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.”
- Jews outside of the land of Israel.
- The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.“Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective on anti-Semitism than Israeli Jews.”
- Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.“Small wonder that there should have been in recent years fresh talk of the diaspora of English into several mutually incomprehensible languages”