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==Etymology==
The term ''anusim'' is derived from the [[Talmud]]ic phrase ''averah b’ones'' ({{Script/Hebrew|עבירה באונס}}),<ref>Talmud, Abodá Zará 54a</ref> meaning "a forced transgression." The Hebrew ''ones'' ({{IPA|he|ˈones|pron}}) derives from the [[Semitic root#Triconsonantal roots|triconsonantal root]] {{Script/Hebrew|א-נ-ס}} ([[Aleph]]-[[Nun (letter)|Nun]]-[[Samekh]]), and originally referred to any case where a person has been forced into any act against his or her will. In [[Modern Hebrew]], the word ''ones'' is mainly used to mean [[rape]], thus "anusim" (or female "anusot") nowadays means rape victims, the older meaning used only in the historical context.

The term ''anús'' is used in contradistinction to ''meshumad'' ({{Script/Hebrew|מְשֻׁמָּד}}), (literally "self-destroyed") which means a person who has voluntarily abandoned the practice of Jewish law in whole or in part. The forced converts were also known as ''[[New Christian|cristianos nuevos]]'' (Spanish) or  ''cristãos-novos'' (Portuguese); ''[[converso]]'' or ''[[marrano]]'', which had and still has today a pejorative connotation in Spanish.