Adjective

Semitic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Semites: Semitic people.
  3. (Biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
  4. In a narrower sense, of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.

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Proper noun

Semitic

  1. The Semitic languages in general.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sat Jul 31 01:39:18 2010

In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical "Shem", Hebrew: שם, translated as "name", Arabic: ساميّ) was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre and Tigrinya among others.

As language studies are interwoven with cultural studies, the term also came to describe the extended cultures and ethnicities, as well as the history of these varied peoples as associated by close geographic and linguistic distribution.

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Tue Jul 27 17:24:52 2010

What exactly is anti-semitic about claiming that Palestine should not be occupied by foreigners?
Q. Isn't that what we (rightfully) do in the US in reference to illegal immigrants?
Asked by #2 - Mon Jun 7 13:49:30 2010 - - 16 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Find me a pre-Israel map that shows where the country of "Palestine" existed and we'll talk about illegal immigrants. Oh wait... You can't. Palestine was never a country.
Answered by kathy_is_a_nurse - Mon Jun 7 14:05:35 2010

Is it possible for a Jewish person to make anti-Semitic remarks the way other ethnicity's do to themselves?
Q. Latino, african-american and asians are often called racist for being critical of their own ethnicity's wayward ones, and stereotypes so does it rate the same for Jewish people? Is it simply the core of the thing that is remarked upon or does it pass if done by one of your own?
Asked by Mr Rothwyn - Tue Sep 2 18:18:04 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, it is possible. I think we're usually more open to inner criticism, but Jewish-antisemitism and self-hatred do exist. Bobby Fischer is a fine example:
Answered by yotg - Thu Sep 4 13:36:33 2008

What is anti-Semitic, and what does it have to do with abortion?
Q. if anything Like, what does it mean if you have an "anti semitic" view of abortion?
Asked by fleetfoxlove - Fri Jun 12 14:11:07 2009 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Abortion should be safe and legal! Except for the Jews!
Answered by Ricardo Montalban's Ballsack - Fri Jun 12 14:14:15 2009

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