REFORM JUDAISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reform Judaism mean? 

• REFORM JUDAISM (noun)
  The noun REFORM JUDAISM has 2 senses:

1. the most liberal Jews; Jews who do not follow the Talmud strictly but try to adapt all of the historical forms of Judaism to the modern world

2. beliefs and practices of Reform Jews

  Familiarity information: REFORM JUDAISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFORM JUDAISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most liberal Jews; Jews who do not follow the Talmud strictly but try to adapt all of the historical forms of Judaism to the modern world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Reform Judaism" is a kind of...):

Hebraism; Jewish religion; Judaism (Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud)

Meronyms (members of "Reform Judaism"):

Reform Jew (liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beliefs and practices of Reform Jews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Reform Judaism" is a kind of...):

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)