Shibboleth

/ʃˈɪbə‍ʊləθ/

/ˈʃɪbəˌɫɛθ/

[noun]

Shibboleth

[NOUN]

a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

a favorite saying of a sect or political group

synonyms : catchword

motto

slogan

Examples

1. Certainly, the cultural shibboleths of the tech set and the hipsterati, the conflation of progressivism and consumerism have done nothing to undercut this idea.

2. RE is more common outside of the US but for some folks, this spelling acts as a shibboleth.

3. Like Doris Salcedo’s tremendous crack in the floor of the Tate Modern, titled Shibboleth.

4. A shibboleth is a word distinguishing an 'in' group from an 'out' group.