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dhimmitudenoun
appeasement towards Islamic demands
Etymology: c. 1985, from (c. 1982), from dhimmi + -tude. See dhimmi.
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Dhimmitude
Dhimmitude is a polemical neologism characterizing the status of non-Muslims under Muslim rule, popularized by the Egyptian-born British writer Bat Ye'or in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a portmanteau word constructed from the Arabic dhimmi 'non-Muslim' and the French (serv)itude 'subjection'.Bat Ye’or defines it as a permanent status of subjection in which Jews and Christians have been held under Islamic rule since the eighth century, and that forces them to accept discrimination or "face forced conversion, slavery or death". The term gained traction among Serbian ultra-nationalists during the Balkan wars in the 1990s and is popular among self-proclaimed counter-jihadi authors. Some scholars have dismissed it as polemical.
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Dhimmitude
Dhimmitude is a neologism borrowed from the French language. It is derived by adding the productive suffix -tude to the Arabic noun dhimmi, which refers to a non-Muslim subject of an Islamic state. The neologism dhimmitude bears purposedly some phonetic resemblance with the word servitude; servitude exists both in french and english languages; dhimmitude was intentionally invented in place of the french "dhimmité" or the english "dhimmity", which should have been the words associated to "dhimma" in a non-polemical setting. The term has several distinct, but related meanings depending on the author; its scope may be historical only, contemporary only, polemical only, or both. It may encompass the whole system of dhimma, look only at its subjects, or even apply it outside of any established system of dhimma. The term has also been called a myth or Islamophobic.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dhimmitude in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dhimmitude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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