0 a belief or custom that is not now considered as important and correct as it was in the past: --
There are new shibboleths; new, false doctrines going about; and we have to bow the knee to them.
What is national defence stripped of all its shibboleths?
We struggle along with a lot of stereotypes and shibboleths.
We are far too concerned to repeat the old shibboleths of the past without trying to face the vexing and intractable problems of the present.
We are accused of uttering musty old shibboleths.
He is steeped, as he has shown us once more this afternoon, in his ancient shibboleths.
I do not believe in these worn-out shibboleths of public ownership.
The fact is that, one by one, the education shibboleths are being abandoned.
