anti-Semitism

noun

an·​ti-Sem·​i·​tism

ˌan-tē-ˈse-mə-ˌti-zəm,

ˌan-ˌtī- 

variants or less commonly antisemitism

: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group

Examples of anti-Semitism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hate speech, incitement, supremacist discourse, disinformation, and narrative manipulation online are fueling anti-Semitism as well as anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hatred. —Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025

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. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-Semitism

• absolutism
• adventurism
• aestheticism
• africanism
• agnosticism
• alcoholism
• anabolism
• anachronism
• anglicanism
• antagonism
• arianism
• asceticism