Allosemitism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The belief or attitude that Jewish people are significantly different from the mainstream and should therefore be treated differently. uncountable
"I suggest that the allosemitism endemic to western Civilization is to a decisive extent the legacy of Christendom. The Christian Church's struggle with the inassimilable, yet indispensable modality of the Jews bequeathed to later ages two factors crucial to the emergence and self-perpetuation of allosemitism."
Example
More examples"I suggest that the allosemitism endemic to western Civilization is to a decisive extent the legacy of Christendom. The Christian Church's struggle with the inassimilable, yet indispensable modality of the Jews bequeathed to later ages two factors crucial to the emergence and self-perpetuation of allosemitism."
Etymology
From allo- + Semite + -ism, analogously to antisemitism and philosemitism.
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