: 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
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Two years after Hamas’s attack on southern Israel, anti-Semitic violence seems to be on the rise throughout the West.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The attack, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, comes amid a sharp rise in anti-Semitic assaults in the US and Europe as the Israel-Hamas war nears the two-year mark.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Notably, numerous high-profile cable news has-beens have legitimized Owens' outrageous laundering of a left-wing political assassination into an anti-Semitic caper.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The attack, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, comes amid a sharp rise in anti-Semitic assaults in the US and Europe as the Israel-Hamas war nears the two-year mark.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Notably, numerous high-profile cable news has-beens have legitimized Owens' outrageous laundering of a left-wing political assassination into an anti-Semitic caper.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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