variants
or less commonly antisemitism
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
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Through our vigorous enforcement of Title II of the Civil Rights Act and other laws prohibiting race and religious discrimination, the Justice Department is committed to combatting anti-Semitism and discrimination and protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
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Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
There are lots of examples of anti-Semitism around the country.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
But here is a lot of anti-Semitism on the right from white nationalists, and there’s not one word about that in Project Esther’s very long document.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
The targeting of Columbia University, where $400 million in federal grants and contracts have been canceled in retribution for its failure to address campus anti-Semitism and unruly protests against the war in Gaza, has inspired particular distress.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
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Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
There are lots of examples of anti-Semitism around the country.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
But here is a lot of anti-Semitism on the right from white nationalists, and there’s not one word about that in Project Esther’s very long document.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
The targeting of Columbia University, where $400 million in federal grants and contracts have been canceled in retribution for its failure to address campus anti-Semitism and unruly protests against the war in Gaza, has inspired particular distress.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-Semitism
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“Anti-Semitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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