Anti-Semitism and ...Semitism.

The Cultural opposite to Semite? What are you talking about Spartakus.

There is no Word for someone who is against Semites, just as there isn't a word for someone who is against ANY LANGUAGE GROUP. We do not say, anti-Germanic, or anti-Indo-European, or something like that.

You just cannot be 'against Semites' in that sense.

Hence why Anti-Semite is a word that is defined in terms of its cultural creation, rather than some sort of intellectual construction.

anyhow, this is going no where. I have no idea what you purpose is here. Are you attempting to prove that 'anti-semite' is wrong? Or what? Its just pointless.

How can you use a word wrongly when you use it based on its definition.

Your idea is that Anti-Semite SHOULD MEAN someone who is against Semites. Which is just as ridiculous as Anti-Semite meaning someone who is against Jews.

There are so many words that have a culturally formed meaning. Balkans for instance. It has no bearing on the name for the region in the region. Just as Semite has no link to the languages that are term Semitic.

Anyhow, Anti-Semitism cannot be a 'wrongly used word'. Its defnition is Anti-Jewish. It is a word that has been formed with an incorrect understanding of the word Semite, but that doesn't alter the definition of a word.

It was not the Nazi's that used it.

Balkans is the Same as Semite. It is a word that has been misunderstood in the wider literature and language culture and has formed a new meaning.

50%++ of the words in the English Language are based, partially, on a development of meaning. Its not just our language either. Word meanings change with culture. Anti-Semitism is a word based on culture. It is not based on the formation that you want to to be.

Definitions are important, not the definitions you WANT. Just because it has the word Semite within the word, it is no longer important.

why should we change it to conform to what you understand of Semite, rather than what EVERYONE understands from Anti-Semitism?