: 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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The messages are full of the kind of anti-Semitic and racist jokes about the Holocaust and Black people that Fuentes has made as a livestreamer.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Later in the decade the staff was joined by a number of German physicists fleeing the Nazi regime and anti-Semitic laws in Germany.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
This tension came to a new flashpoint in October 2025, when Politico reported on a massive leak of a private Young Republican Telegram group chat, revealing thousands of racist, anti-Semitic, and violent messages among Gen Z party leaders from four states.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Nevertheless, Brazilian Jews could unite to oppose anti-Semitic immigration restrictions in the post–World War II years.
—Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Later in the decade the staff was joined by a number of German physicists fleeing the Nazi regime and anti-Semitic laws in Germany.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
This tension came to a new flashpoint in October 2025, when Politico reported on a massive leak of a private Young Republican Telegram group chat, revealing thousands of racist, anti-Semitic, and violent messages among Gen Z party leaders from four states.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Nevertheless, Brazilian Jews could unite to oppose anti-Semitic immigration restrictions in the post–World War II years.
—Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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