Ashkenormativity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The assumption that Jews are Ashkenazi Jews by default, and that Ashkenazi culture is the culture of Judaism at large. uncountable

    "Moreover, Sephardi communities have not been the subjects of enough studies, genetics-based or otherwise. Their titular exclusion from some DTC DNA testing companies' reference population lists helps perpetuate an already socially existent Ashkenormativity […]"

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"Moreover, Sephardi communities have not been the subjects of enough studies, genetics-based or otherwise. Their titular exclusion from some DTC DNA testing companies' reference population lists helps perpetuate an already socially existent Ashkenormativity […]"

Etymology

Blend of Ashkenazi + normativity.

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