anti-Semitic

adjective

an·​ti-Se·​mit·​ic
ˌan-tē-sə-ˈmi-tik,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-Semitic (audio)
 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

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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 See All Example Sentences for anti-Semitic

Word History

Etymology

anti- + semitic, after German antisemitisch

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Semitic was in 1879

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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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