anti-Semitic

adjective

an·​ti-Se·​mit·​ic

ˌan-tē-sə-ˈmi-tik,

ˌan-tī- 

 also  -ˈme-

: relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism : feeling or showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a cultural, racial, or ethnic group

anti-Semitic statements/rhetoric

… his critics charge he is anti-Semitic and anti-black, allegations that he denies.

—James M. Perry

Examples of anti-Semitic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Starmer in particular has fought hard to purge his Labour Party of the anti-Semitic elements to whom the door was opened by his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025

Number 48 was Claudine Gay, disgraced plagiarist anti-Semitic ex-president of Harvard University. —Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025

Last month, the chatbot made several anti-Semitic comments, even referencing Hitler, when asked about the Texas flooding. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2025

Alongside the cost of living in the U.S. soaring with the Trump administration’s intense tariff policies, Americans are fleeing due to rising anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ+, and anti-Semitic rhetoric and policies. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

anti- + semitic, after German antisemitisch

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-Semitic

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