Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Semitic word or idiom.
- noun Semitic traits, attributes, or customs.
- noun A policy or predisposition in favor of Jews.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Semitic word or idiom.
- noun Semitic ways, life, thought, etc.; especially, the religious doctrines and principles or practices of the Jewish people. Also
Shemitism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The religion, culture and customs of the
Jewish people - noun A word or
idiom of the Jewish vocabulary
Etymologies
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Examples
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How long will this farce continue -- a parliamentary "investigation" committee whose conclusions were obviously written before their hearings ever began, whose handpicked witness list has been almost exclusively one-sided, and whose chair now states that universities that have found little to complain about as far as anti-Semitism is concerned must be "downplaying" it, while others are being "frank?"
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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OTTAWA – Anti-Semitism is creeping from the shadows into the mainstream and even onto university campuses, a parliamentary committee heard Monday.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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But all that was to make the point that anti-Semitism is a real and pulsating presence in Quebec, with the implicit suggestion that government intervention, including the regulation of discussion about the Middle East, is necessary.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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As I've mentioned before, the new "anti-Semitism," as opposed to the so-called "new anti-Semitism," is a label too often used by elements of the Right to silence opponents of Israeli state policy.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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We recognize that anti-Semitism is a reality in Canada as elsewhere, and we are fully committed to resisting any act of hatred against Jews.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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But equally, when anti-Semitism is everywhere, it is nowhere.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Anti-Semitism is still prevalent in much of the world.
Katherine Marshall: Judaism and Global Justice: A Conversation with Ruth Messinger Katherine Marshall 2010
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Nevertheless, anti-Semitism is not the main tenet of Hamas ideology.
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Anti-Semitism is still prevalent in much of the world.
Katherine Marshall: Judaism and Global Justice: A Conversation with Ruth Messinger Katherine Marshall 2010
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But in any case, the definition of anti-Semitism is precisely what's at issue here.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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