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

Amid the criminal investigations, authorities discovered a slew of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic text messages exchanged between Antioch police officers in 2023. —Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026

The Place de la République in Paris was daubed in swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans last Sunday after a neo-Nazi rally, and offices of France Unbowed have been attacked. —Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026

There is some context for his apparent anti-Semitism and his association with the anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan. —Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026

Yet this caricature of Jackson as an anti-white, anti-Semitic demagogue never reflected the man. —Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026

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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