anti-Italian
adjective
an·ti-Ital·ian
ˌan-tē-ə-ˈtal-yən 
-i-,
ˌan-tī-
also -ˌī-
: opposed to or hostile toward Italian people, policies, or culture
anti-Italian prejudice
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This anti-Muslim trope follows a tradition of anti-Irish, anti-Italian, anti-Jewish and, of course, anti-Black sentiment.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
All those years ago, when the BBC radio announcer attempted his anti-Italian race bait, the Herald threw it back at him — and refused to go on BBC shows since.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
President Benjamin Harrison first commemorated Columbus Day in 1892, a year after anti-Italian rhetoric culminated in the murder of 11 Italian immigrants in New Orleans by a lynch mob.
—NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
Sydney just doesn’t like Maria, which feels like anti-Italian discrimination to me.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
All those years ago, when the BBC radio announcer attempted his anti-Italian race bait, the Herald threw it back at him — and refused to go on BBC shows since.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
President Benjamin Harrison first commemorated Columbus Day in 1892, a year after anti-Italian rhetoric culminated in the murder of 11 Italian immigrants in New Orleans by a lynch mob.
—NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
Sydney just doesn’t like Maria, which feels like anti-Italian discrimination to me.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Anti-Italian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Italian. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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