B'nei Anusim

B'nei Anusim (Hebrew: בני אנוסים, "children forced "; singular male, Ben Anusim, Hebrew: בן אנוסים "son forced "; singular female, Bat Anusim, Hebrew: בת אנוסים "daughter forced ") is a term, in the plural form, which refers to the children and all later descendents of anusim — "anusim" in turn being a category of Jews in Jewish law (Halakha) who were forced or coerced to abandon Judaism against their will, typically whilst force converted to another religion. The term "anusim" itself is most properly translated as the "coerced " or the "forced ".

Those referred to as B'nei Anusim are all the subsequent generations descended from anusim, born in the condition of inherited alienation from Judaism, whether they are or are no longer halakhically Jewish, or whether they are aware or not of their Jewish origin.