: 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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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
Due to anti-Semitic laws the Swiss had passed in 1893, kosher meat was not locally available and had to be imported from Germany.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
As regards the media coverage of boycotts of Israel by several international writers, the political indoctrination is such that far from stimulating reflection, the literary world begins to attack the writer in question, calling them blind or anti-Semitic.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Due to anti-Semitic laws the Swiss had passed in 1893, kosher meat was not locally available and had to be imported from Germany.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
As regards the media coverage of boycotts of Israel by several international writers, the political indoctrination is such that far from stimulating reflection, the literary world begins to attack the writer in question, calling them blind or anti-Semitic.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-Semitic
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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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