shibboleths in English

noun
1
a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.
the party began to break with the shibboleths of the left
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1. They still cling to many of the old shibboleths of education.

2. Synonyms for Banalities include cliches, platitudes, truisms, bromides, tropes, commonplaces, shibboleths, homilies, groaners and chestnuts

3. Synonyms for Catchlines include slogans, watchwords, catchphrases, catchwords, jingles, mantras, mottos, shibboleths, banners and cries

4. Synonyms for Boilerplates include boilerplate code, banality, cliches, platitudes, truisms, bromides, tropes, commonplaces, shibboleths and homilies

5. The traditional Asquithian-Liberal section of the party, which dominated the constituencies believed in the need to reiterate the established Liberal shibboleths.

6. 97, [3] He walked in the direction of Rooble’s, his lips Ashiver with the shibboleths of the pious, thanking Allah for the loan of breath, life and soul; praying that Allah, the Prophets and the