[HANASHIR:11323] Re: Jews & Arabs are both 'Semitic'....

[Sholom Simon <sholom...>]

>Is there no specific entry in Websters for "anti-Semitism"???

There is at www.m-w.com (miriam-webster's online)

Where it says, in full:

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One entry found for anti-Semitism.
 

Main Entry: an·ti-Sem·i·tism 
Pronunciation: "an-ti-'se-m&-"ti-z&m, "an-"tI-
Function: noun
Date: 1882
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic,
or racial group
- an·ti-Se·mit·ic  /-s&-'mi-tik/ adjective
- an·ti-Sem·ite  /-'se-"mIt/ noun 
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