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

Far from moderating political passions, Freneau stoked hatred of his political rivals, the Federalists, and their leader, Alexander Hamilton, even publishing an anti-Semitic poem comparing Hamilton’s work at the Treasury Department to that of Jewish moneylenders. —Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026

Park rangers flagged down Miami Beach officers and told them about the anti-Semitic symbols on the pride bench. —Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 19 May 2026

Local Minneapolis prosecutors had invoked the law to suppress a sensational, anti-Semitic tabloid, The Saturday Press, which had been relentlessly attacking city officials as corrupt and in league with Jewish mobsters. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026

Through March 31, 80 of the 146 hate crime incidents reported citywide have been labeled anti-Semitic, NYPD statistics show. —Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 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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