variants
or less commonly antisemitism
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
Examples of anti-Semitism in a Sentence
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Bell warned of the danger of causing German economic degradation and saw the rise of anti-Semitism on the German right, preceding the formation of the Nazi Party.
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Jason Bell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
You have been outspoken against the rising and troubling anti-Semitism in this country.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2024
Today the Senate has killed impeachment articles against the Homeland Security Secretary, plus Biden calls for tariff hikes on steel from China, and Columbia University's president testifies about anti-Semitism on campus.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The issue of Israel is particularly sensitive, because Labour was until very recently embroiled in an anti-Semitism scandal under previous leader Jeremy Corbyn.
—Luke McGee, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Roth touched on Gaza, describing in graphic detail the attacks on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 and the rise in anti-Semitism worldwide in the wake of the conflict.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
The decision came after accusations of plagiarism in her academic work, and a grilling by congressional lawmakers last month over her response to anti-Semitism on her campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
In December, Republican Representative Elise Stefanik grilled Claudine Gay, the then-president of Harvard University, about anti-Semitism on campus.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2024
Gay, the school’s first Black president—and, for some critics, an avatar of the identity-politics bureaucracy on college campuses—had just flubbed testimony before Congress about anti-Semitism on campus.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2024
Jason Bell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
You have been outspoken against the rising and troubling anti-Semitism in this country.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2024
Today the Senate has killed impeachment articles against the Homeland Security Secretary, plus Biden calls for tariff hikes on steel from China, and Columbia University's president testifies about anti-Semitism on campus.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The issue of Israel is particularly sensitive, because Labour was until very recently embroiled in an anti-Semitism scandal under previous leader Jeremy Corbyn.
—Luke McGee, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Roth touched on Gaza, describing in graphic detail the attacks on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 and the rise in anti-Semitism worldwide in the wake of the conflict.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
The decision came after accusations of plagiarism in her academic work, and a grilling by congressional lawmakers last month over her response to anti-Semitism on her campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
In December, Republican Representative Elise Stefanik grilled Claudine Gay, the then-president of Harvard University, about anti-Semitism on campus.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2024
Gay, the school’s first Black president—and, for some critics, an avatar of the identity-politics bureaucracy on college campuses—had just flubbed testimony before Congress about anti-Semitism on campus.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2024
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“Anti-Semitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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