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 district is also home to the Tree of Life Synagogue where, in 2018, a gunman killed 11 Jewish worshipers and wounded another six people in the deadliest anti-Semitic assault in U.S. history. —Susan Davis, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024

Despite past controversies — beginning with an anti-Semitic rant during his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving in 2006 — Gibson won the praises of Hollywood once again in 2016 with the release of the biographical war drama Hacksaw Ridge. —Tim Lammers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2024

In France, when anti-Semitic thugs tried to intimidate her and some Israeli friends on the Paris subway, Miranda defiantly spoke Hebrew extra loudly. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024

At the center of it is Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant), a sharpshooting, no-nonsense Montana marshal who resigns to establish a Deadwood hardware store along with his partner, Sol Star (John Hawkes), a Jew who has grown accustomed to anti-Semitic barbs. —Barry Garron, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024

For your downtime Going out 🎵🎤 Kanye doubled down on anti-Semitic lyrics. —Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

However, to merely dismiss all of the critics out of hand as insane or intolerant or anti-Semitic would ironically run counter to the spirit of Chen’s essay itself. —Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024

Isolationism can often be a misnomer because the opponents of entry into World War II were not always neutral but often pro-Hitler, including the famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and the popular anti-Semitic agitator Elizabeth Dilling, who was known as the Female Fuhrer in Germany. —Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024

A couple of the speakers referenced a website filled with anti-Semitic, homophobic, transphobic, and other hateful material that included what appeared to be a logo that resembles a Nazi flag. —Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

anti- + semitic, after German antisemitisch

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above