philo-Semiticadj.

Brit.

/ˌfɪlə(ʊ)sᵻˈmɪtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌfɪləsəˈmɪdɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: philo- comb. form, Semitic adj.

Etymology: < philo- comb. form + Semitic adj., probably after anti-Semitic adj. (although this is apparently first attested very slightly later).

Supportive of or favouring Jews.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > favouring Jews

philo-Semitic1881

philo-Semite1948

1881 Times 24 Aug. 5/3 The above-mentioned philo-Semitic journals.

1891 Catholic World Oct. 133 A resolution condemning both anti-Semitic and philo-Semitic agitation.

1947 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 6 170 A documentary history of philosemitic intercessions during the Jewish persecutions in Hungary.

1977 Daily Tel. 31 May 16 Both Jews and philo-Semitic people have been made aware of the ghastly similarities between the ‘old’ form of anti-Semitism and its ‘modern’ euphemism [sc. anti-Zionism].

2000 Hist. Today Dec. 61/3 Quite a strong philo-semitic tendency was developing in English Puritanism at this time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	philo-semitic
释义	philo-Semiticadj. Brit. /ˌfɪlə(ʊ)sᵻˈmɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfɪləsəˈmɪdɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: philo- comb. form, Semitic adj. Etymology: < philo- comb. form + Semitic adj., probably after anti-Semitic adj. (although this is apparently first attested very slightly later). Supportive of or favouring Jews. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > favouring Jews philo-Semitic1881 philo-Semite1948 1881 Times 24 Aug. 5/3 The above-mentioned philo-Semitic journals. 1891 Catholic World Oct. 133 A resolution condemning both anti-Semitic and philo-Semitic agitation. 1947 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 6 170 A documentary history of philosemitic intercessions during the Jewish persecutions in Hungary. 1977 Daily Tel. 31 May 16 Both Jews and philo-Semitic people have been made aware of the ghastly similarities between the ‘old’ form of anti-Semitism and its ‘modern’ euphemism [sc. anti-Zionism]. 2000 Hist. Today Dec. 61/3 Quite a strong philo-semitic tendency was developing in English Puritanism at this time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1881
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