Semitism

[sem-i-tiz-uh m or, esp. British, see-mi-]

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noun

Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
a word or idiom peculiar to, derived from, or characteristic of a Semitic language, especially of Hebrew.

Origin of Semitism

First recorded in 1850–55; Semite + -ism

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Historical Examples

But Semitism rallied in the shape of the Reformation, and swept all away.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Semitism gave them subjects, but the Renaissance gave them Aryan art, and it gave that art to a purely Aryan race.
Lothair
Benjamin Disraeli

Word Origin and History for semitism

Semitism

n.

1848, "characteristic attributes of Semitic languages;" 1851, "characteristic attributes of Semitic people," from Semite + -ism. From 1870 as "Jewish influence in a society."

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Examples from the Web for semitism

Historical Examples

But Semitism rallied in the shape of the Reformation, and swept all away.

Semitism gave them subjects, but the Renaissance gave them Aryan art, and it gave that art to a purely Aryan race.

Word Origin and History for semitism

Semitism

n.

Origin of Semitism