Semitism

English Etymology en :af Semite -ism + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈsɛmɪtɪzəm/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Semitism.wav Southern England Noun ~ + (linguistics) en countable rhetoric A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew. en Akkadianism Arabism Aramaism Hebraism Phoenicianism Ugaritism en 2004 Takamitsu Muraoka Septuagint Lexicography Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography 85 edited by Bernard A. Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton and Richard E. Whitaker 0-8028-2216-9 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. en 2009 James R. Edwards The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition 142 0802862349 In other words, 93% of the Semitisms in Luke — more than nine out of 10 Semitisms in the chart — are unique to Luke. Of all Luke's Semitisms, only 15 (= 2%) appear in common with both Matthew and Mark; en 2012 Simon Gathercole The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas 1107378397 Finally, we can identify certain idioms clearly of Semitic origin, but which are not found in the Bible – one might term them post-biblical Semitisms. en uncountable rare Semitic character; Semiticness. en 21 Apr 79 Gay Community News 5 Dennis Melba'son NGTF, the March and the Hinterlands If gay corporation executives can learn to talk to drag queens and separatist dykes across the common denominator of being queer, then perhaps Arabs and Jews can learn to communicate across their common Semitism. en 1987 Martin Kramer Shi'ism, resistance and revolution 22 In a Europe which was obsessed by race, some saw the division as one between Semites and Aryans, the Sunnis representing the Semitism of Arabian Islam, the Shi'a representing the upsurge of Aryan Iran. en 1998 Kanan Makiya Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq 264 0520921240 Persian "Aryanism" and Arab "Semitism" are of course myths with a toehold on reality located somewhere in the origins of languages, not peoples. en 2013 Bernard Lewis Islam in History 276 the Aryanism of Iran in generous revolt against the alien and constricting Semitism of Arabian Islam. en uncountable strict sense rare Judaism; Jewishness especially when seen as the thing to which anti-Semitism is opposed. en 1990 Richard S. Geehr Karl Lueger: Mayor of Fin de Siècle Vienna 308 0814320783 a racist coloration through the inclusion of another remark of Albert Gessmann: when the more radical nationalists fell silent a merger of all Aryans against the common danger of Semitism will be the next consequence. en 2005 Roderick Stackelberg Hentschel, Willibald (1858–1947) Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice 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. en 2007 Marius Turda; Paul Weindling "Blood and Homeland": Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940 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 en Semiticism Coordinate terms Derived terms en philo-Semitism Related terms en Semitic Translations word or idiom of the Semitic vocabulary Finnish: fi semitismi French: fr sémitisme m German: de Semitismus m Italian: it ebraismo m Turkmen: tk semitizm Jewishness Finnish: fi juutalaisuus German: de Semitismus m Italian: it ebraismo m Polish: pl semityzm m Romanian: ro semitism n Russian: ru семити́зм m Swedish: sv semitism French: fr sémitisme m Irish: ga Seimíteachas m Anagrams en eiimmsst mimsiest mistimes en hybridisms suffixed with -ism