anti-Semitism

noun

an·​ti-Sem·​i·​tism
ˌan-tē-ˈse-mə-ˌti-zəm,
ˌan-ˌtī- How to pronounce anti-Semitism (audio)
variants or less commonly antisemitism
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group

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Fleishman is in Trouble explores casual Jewishness, what Taffy Brodesser-Akner describes as waking up and going to work as a Jewish person, without leaving Orthodoxy, or becoming Orthodox, or worrying about anti-Semitism. Anna Bruno september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 Giant chronicles a turbulent time in the life of famed children’s author Dahl when he was accused of anti-Semitism in the early 1980s. Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025 Sergey Brin The 52-year-old Google cofounder, born in Moscow in 1973, immigrated to the United States with his family at age 6 to escape Soviet anti-Semitism. Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025 Thank you for having this hearing on anti-Semitism. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-Semitism

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Semitism was in 1880

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“Anti-Semitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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