Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for Semitic

Semitic

adjective as in Jewish

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

Phoenicians developed an influential writing system and spoke a common Semitic language, key markers of a common eastern Mediterranean culture, he contends.

A few years back, designer John Galliano was fined by the government for sharing just such anti-semitic sentiments in public.

The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.

Parliament looks at measures to monitor toddlers for anti-Semitic speech.

Though he would insist in a famous essay in Other Inquisitions that “For several reasons I am not anti-Semitic.”

Hitler was profoundly anti-Semitic, but he was also anti-Modern.

There is an air of anxious expectancy about him, with a look of Semitic shrewdness in the long, narrow face.

We now understand how the Phoenicians, whose ancestors arrived in the second Semitic migration, came to call their land “Canaan.”

In any case, there they stand; a token of how thoroughly the most primitive form of Semitic religion is a living reality to-day.

They spoke a non-Semitic language, and were the oldest inhabitants of Babylonia of whom we have any knowledge.

The possibility that unidentified types may have contributed to the Semitic blend, however, remains.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for resolved?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Semitic, such as: hasidic, hebrew, and judaistic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement