anti-Jewish

adjective

an·​ti-Jew·​ish
ˌan-tē-ˈjü-ish,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-Jewish (audio)
: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward Jewish people or the Jewish faith : anti-semitic
anti-Jewish rhetoric
His letters to his mother in 1939 and 1940 are filled with his revulsion for Hitler's policies, including his anti-Jewish policies and atrocities.Raymond Sokolov

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After all, how could the republic be anti-Jewish if Jews felt safe enough to live there? Jewish survival within the world’s most overtly anti-Zionist nation-state reveals how keenly aware Tehran is of what sways global public opinion. Roya Hakakian, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025 The mayoral primary victory of the most anti-Jewish, anti-Zionist, pro-terrorist candidate in history has been greeted by silence (and in some cases support) from leading Democratic political figures. Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025 The Healey administration says that this is the first time since tracking began in 1991 that anti-Jewish hate crimes in Massachusetts surpassed those against Black people. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025 Still, his most recent social media posts are littered with anti-Jewish tropes. Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-Jewish

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Jewish was in 1786

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“Anti-Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Jewish. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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