philo-Semitism
philo-Semitism noun: interest in or appreciation of Jewish people, their history, or the influence of Judaism, particularly on the part of a gentile.
Noun
philo-Semitism (uncountable)
- Interest in or appreciation of Jewish people, their history, or the influence of Judaism, particularly on the part of a gentile.
- To an Englishman, German liberalism is a hybrid creature, lame of three legs and blind of one eye, and thus it is necessary to explain — if indeed explanation in its rational sense be possible — the position of the German Liberals in this matter of philo-Semitism.1881 March, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 350
- The new civilizationism is a paradoxical combination of “identitarian” Christianity, secularism, philo-Semitism, Islamophobia, and even some elements of liberalism such as support for gender equality and gay rights.2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, page 2
Antonyms of philo-Semitism
Forms of philo-Semitism
| alternative form | philosemitism |
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Origin of philo-Semitism
From philo- + Semitism.
Questions about philo-Semitism
- What does philo-Semitism mean?
- Philo-Semitism means interest in or appreciation of Jewish people, their history, or the influence of Judaism, particularly on the part of a gentile.
- What part of speech is philo-Semitism?
- Philo-Semitism is a noun.
Words near philo-Semitism in the dictionary
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