Semitism

US: (sem′i tiz′əm or, esp. Brit., sē′mi-)

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Sem•i•tism  (sem′i tiz′əm or, esp. Brit., sē′mi-), n. 

1. Judaism Semitic characteristics, esp. the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
2. Judaism, Linguistics a word or idiom peculiar to, derived from, or characteristic of a Semitic language, esp. of Hebrew.

• Semite + -ism 1850–55