prosemite

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noun

Someone who favors Semitism.

Similar
philo-Semite
Opposite
anti-Semite
First used 19th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounprosemite (plural prosemites)

plural prosemites · alternative uncommon pro-Semite

  1. uncommonSomeone who favors Semitism.First known use 19th c.

    Yet some people call him antisemite, others call him prosemite.

    1962, RL Tewari, A Critical Study of Loyalties (Galsworthy), page 148
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    He certainly was no antisemite in the conventional sense, but then neither was he a prosemite; one could safely call him an anti-antisemite.

    1994, Arlie Hoover, Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought, page 98

    […] as his prosemite predilections must compel him to do so almost instinctively […]

    1884, Theosophical Society, The Theosophist, page 227

    Synonyms: philo-Semite · Antonyms: anti-Semite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who favors Semitism.

Similar
philo-Semite
Opposite
anti-Semite

Origin

From pro- + Semite.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

peristomepresomite
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