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单词 philo-semite
释义

philo-Semiten.adj.

Brit. /ˌfɪlə(ʊ)ˈsiːmʌɪt/, /ˌfɪlə(ʊ)ˈsɛmʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌfɪloʊˈsɛˌmaɪt/
Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: philo- comb. form, Semite n.
Etymology: < philo- comb. form + Semite n., after anti-Semite n. or perhaps French philosémite (1890 or earlier as noun, 1934 or earlier as adjective). Compare earlier philo-Semitic adj.
A. n.
A person who supports or is favourably disposed towards Jews.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > support for Jews > one who
philo-Semite1901
1901 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 6 575 They cannot be philosemites, except in so far as they recognize Jews as members of the proletariat.
1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 275 If the Jews were as the philosemites describe them, there would be no reason for this Return.
1976 C. Bermant Coming Home i. 11. 28 All goyim were presumed to be antisemitten unless they showed definite proof to the contrary, whereupon they were pronounced Judenfreintphilosemites.
1997 M. Perutz in N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Feb. 39/1 She fails to note that Emperor Franz Josef was a philo-Semite who appointed Mahler director of the Vienna Opera at the age of only 37.
B. adj.
Supporting or favouring Jews; = philo-Semitic adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > favouring Jews
philo-Semitic1881
philo-Semite1948
1948 W. Lewis Let. 25 Oct. (1963) 467 I am not philosemite.
1971 Amer. Hist. Rev. 76 637 We can sense Himmler's pleasure at the sadistic fantasy of the philo-Semite man being pinched and crushed by the crowd whipped up by his speech.
1996 Poetics Today 17 587 Though split into anti- and philo-Semite camps, the Poles in their majority agreed on the otherness of Jews.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1901
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