SHIBBOLETH


Meaning of SHIBBOLETH in English

(~s)

If you describe an idea or belief as a ~, you mean that it is thought important by a group of people but may be old-fashioned or wrong. (FORMAL)

It is time to go beyond the ~ that conventional forces cannot deter.

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