anti-Arab

adjective

an·​ti-Ar·​ab ˌan-tē-ˈa-rəb How to pronounce anti-Arab (audio)
-ˈer-əb,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed to or hostile toward Arab people or culture
anti-Arab prejudice/discrimination

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Smotrich and his anti-Arab allies—such as his fellow lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech, who boycotted Trump’s victory speech in the Knesset—likely see the president’s agenda as an existential threat to their project. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2025 According to Reuters, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim incidents in the U.S. rose by more than 180% in the months following Oct. 7, 2023. Hind Haddad, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025 The far-right minister of national security is known for making provocative statements and served time in jail for anti-Arab incitement. Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025 Hate speech, incitement, supremacist discourse, disinformation, and narrative manipulation online are fueling anti-Semitism as well as anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hatred. Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-Arab

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Arab was in 1857

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“Anti-Arab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Arab. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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