"Semitism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Semitisms [plural]
Etymology: From Semite + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Semite|ism}} Semite + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Semitism (countable and uncountable, plural Semitisms)
  1. (countable) A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew. (Compare Romanism, Hebraism.) Tags: countable Translations (word or idiom of the Semitic vocabulary): semitismi (Finnish), Semitismus [masculine] (German), ebraismo [masculine] (Italian), semitizm (Turkmen)
    Sense id: en-Semitism-en-noun-zxdqPAds Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 8 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 55 6 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 52 4 43 Disambiguation of 'word or idiom of the Semitic vocabulary': 62 30 8
  2. (uncountable, rare) Semitic character; Semiticness. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Semitism-en-noun-pY-3GpQf
  3. (uncountable, strict sense, rare) Judaism; Jewishness (especially when seen as the thing to which anti-Semitism is opposed). Tags: rare, strict-sense, uncountable Translations (Jewishness): juutalaisuus (Finnish), Semitismus [masculine] (German), ebraismo [masculine] (Italian), semitism [neuter] (Romanian), семити́зм (semitízm) [masculine] (Russian), semitism (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Semitism-en-noun-BwnbasxF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 8 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 52 4 43 Disambiguation of 'Jewishness': 6 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Semiticism Related terms: Semitic

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