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

The seeds of his professional downfall lay in the fact that Watson would sometimes say things that were extremely hurtful, including remarks that were sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic. —Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025

The messages are full of the kind of anti-Semitic and racist jokes about the Holocaust and Black people that Fuentes has made as a livestreamer. —Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025

Later in the decade the staff was joined by a number of German physicists fleeing the Nazi regime and anti-Semitic laws in Germany. —Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

This tension came to a new flashpoint in October 2025, when Politico reported on a massive leak of a private Young Republican Telegram group chat, revealing thousands of racist, anti-Semitic, and violent messages among Gen Z party leaders from four states. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025

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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