Usage of 'Anti-semite'

[Wilson Gray]

As far as I'm aware, "anti-Semitism" applies specifically to Jews and
to no other people or peoples who speak or once spoke a Semitic
language.

-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain



On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Arun K Raman <arunkr.shivers at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've been looking at Semitic culture recently. Anti-semite/anti-semitism or
> whatever other combination that can be thought of is interesting as it deals
> only with a very specific issue in relation to the semites. Well, the
> popular usage is to denote something negative about Jews. My question is
> whether the word combination seems to be used for the other semitic groups
> as well even if it is in lesser amounts.
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> Arun K Raman
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