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semitism
Word definitions for semitism in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1848, "characteristic attributes of Semitic languages;" 1851, "characteristic attributes of Semitic people," from Semite + -ism . From 1870 as "Jewish influence in a society."
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In paleolinguistics a Semitism is a grammatical or syntactical behaviour in a language which reveals that the influence of a Semitic language is present. The most common example is the influence of Aramaic on some texts written in Jewish Koine Greek .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Semitism \Sem"i*tism\, n. A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin. [Written also Shemitism .]