Semitism /ˈsɛmɪtɪzəm/ noun3 •(rare) Semitic character; Semiticness.Persian "Aryanism" and Arab "Semitism" are of course myths with a toehold on reality located somewhere in the origins of languages, not peoples. — 1998 •A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew.Finally, we can identify certain idioms clearly of Semitic origin, but which are not found in the Bible – one might term them post-biblical Semitisms. — 2012 •(rare) Judaism; Jewishness (especially when seen as the thing to which anti-Semitism is opposed).If the victory of Semitism meant the death of the nation, the reverse was also true: the triumph of the nation implied the elimination of the Semites. Why were Jews painted in such a negative light? — 2007 formsSemitisms