Semitism
Noun

Semitism

  1. (countable) A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by Hebrew or Aramaic. (Compare Hebraism.)
    • 2004, Takamitsu Muraoka, Septuagint Lexicography, in Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography (edited by Bernard A. Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton and Richard E. Whitaker; ISBN 0-8028-2216-9, page 85:
      The main reason for this neglect is the fact that it is largely a translated text, a fact which is alleged to account for its strange idiom tinged with Semitic traits, largely in syntax and lexicography. For sure, one can easily identify countless Semitisms.
  2. (uncountable, rare) Semitic character; Semiticness.
  3. (uncountable, rare) Judaism; Jewishness (especially when seen as the thing to which anti-Semitism is opposed).
    • 2005, Roderick Stackelberg, Hentschel, Willibald (1858–1947), in Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice ISBN 1851094393
      Only a strong countermovement could prevent the triumph of Semitism all over the world. The urgent task for Germans was to overcome the Semitism within themselves, and racial hygiene was the means to this end.
    • 2007, Marius Turda, ‎Paul Weindling, "Blood and Homeland": Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940 ISBN 9637326812:
      If the victory of Semitism meant the death of the nation, the reverse was also true: the triumph of the nation implied the elimination of the Semites. Why were Jews painted in such a negative light?
Synonyms Related terms Translations Translations
  • Italian: ebraismo
  • Russian: семити́зм



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