Definition of "Semitism"
Semitism
noun
countable and uncountable, plural Semitisms
(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.)
Quotations
The main reason for this neglect is the fact that it is largely a translated text, a fact which is alleged to account for its strange idiom tinged with Semitic traits, largely in syntax and lexicography. For sure, one can easily identify countless Semitisms.
2004, Takamitsu Muraoka, “Septuagint Lexicography”, in Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography, edited by Bernard A. Taylor, John A. L. Lee, Peter R. Burton, and Richard E. Whitaker, page 85
In other words, 93% of the Semitisms in Luke — more than nine out of 10 Semitisms in the chart — are unique to Luke. Of all Luke's Semitisms, only 15 (= 2%) appear in common with both Matthew and Mark; […]
2009, James R. Edwards, The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition, page 142
(uncountable, rare) Semitic character; Semiticness.
Quotations
If gay corporation executives can learn to talk to drag queens and separatist dykes across the common denominator of being queer, then perhaps Arabs and Jews can learn to communicate across their common Semitism.
1979 April 21, Dennis Melba'son, “NGTF, the March and the Hinterlands”, in Gay Community News, page 5
(uncountable, strict sense, rare) Judaism; Jewishness (especially when seen as the thing to which anti-Semitism is opposed).
Quotations
Only a strong countermovement could prevent the triumph of Semitism all over the world. The urgent task for Germans was to overcome the Semitism within themselves, and racial hygiene was the means to this end.
2005, Roderick Stackelberg, “Hentschel, Willibald (1858–1947)”, in Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice
If the victory of Semitism meant the death of the nation, the reverse was also true: the triumph of the nation implied the elimination of the Semites. Why were Jews painted in such a negative light?
2007, Marius Turda, Paul Weindling, "Blood and Homeland": Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940