Semitism
Americannoun
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Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
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a word or idiom peculiar to, derived from, or characteristic of a Semitic language, especially of Hebrew.
Etymology
Origin of Semitism
Example Sentences
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"It's why in my very first speech as Labour leader, I made one promise, which was to tear anti Semitism out by its roots."
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023
He also states: "We just want to make this point clear. This was not about Semitism and antisemitism."
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023
In the end, the “Dreyfus Affair” culminated in Dreyfus’s exoneration and release, but not before anti- Semitism was elevated to one of the defining characteristics of anti-liberal, authoritarian right-wing politics in France.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
But since Herzl's day there are fewer Jews concealing their Semitism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Apartheid is, in my view, as abhorrent as anti- Semitism.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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