goyishness

English

Etymology

From goyish +‎ -ness.

Noun

goyishness (uncountable)

1. The fact of being goyish, or non-Jewish.
   • 1986 April 12, Duncan Mitchel, “To Grow Gently and with Honor”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     Is the author aware, I wonder, how Joel's neglect of his religious heritage parallels his repression of his sexual past? […] In any case, it's there anyhow: Joel married not only into straightness but into goyishness.