anti-Semitic

adjective

an·​ti-Se·​mit·​ic
ˌan-tē-sə-ˈmi-tik,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-Semitic (audio)
 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

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After Politico reported that Young Republicans expressed outrageously racist, misogynistic and anti-Semitic sentiments, Vice President JD Vance excused it as just the edgy chat of young activists. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025 Two years after Hamas’s attack on southern Israel, anti-Semitic violence seems to be on the rise throughout the West. Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025 The attack, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, comes amid a sharp rise in anti-Semitic assaults in the US and Europe as the Israel-Hamas war nears the two-year mark. Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Notably, numerous high-profile cable news has-beens have legitimized Owens' outrageous laundering of a left-wing political assassination into an anti-Semitic caper. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-Semitic

Word History

Etymology

anti- + semitic, after German antisemitisch

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Semitic was in 1879

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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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