Icon Re: The TRUE MEANING of Semitic/ But..Antisemitic=AntiJewish..same thing.
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Eugene (view)

Once again, and I really don't need to discuss this further,  I think it is common knowledge, that the term "anti-Semitic" does not mean anti language anything, it means anti-Jewish.  So incidentally, does anti-Zionist (it is just cloaking, and amounts to the same thing...anti-Jewish). 

anti-Semite: n. A person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile towards Jews (1880-85).

anti-Semitism: n. discrimination against or prejudice or hostility towards Jews (1880-85).

Semite: 1. a member of a people speaking a Semitic language. 2. a member of any of the peoples descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah (1870-75).

Semitism: 1. Semitic characteristics, esp. the ways, ideas, influence etc..of the Jewish people. 2. a word or idiom peculiar to, derived from, or characteristic of a Semitic language, esp. of Hebrew. (1850-55)

source: Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, NY 1991.

Gene

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