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Semitic

 adjective
     
Related topics: Languages
Se‧mit‧ic
1
a) SA belonging to the race of people that includes Jews, Arabs, and, in ancient times, Babylonians and Assyrians
b) SLL relating to any of the languages of these people
2SA another word for Jewish

➔ anti-Semitic

at anti-Semite
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