variants
or less commonly antisemitism
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
Examples of anti-Semitism in a Sentence
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There are lots of examples of anti-Semitism around the country.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
But here is a lot of anti-Semitism on the right from white nationalists, and there’s not one word about that in Project Esther’s very long document.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
The targeting of Columbia University, where $400 million in federal grants and contracts have been canceled in retribution for its failure to address campus anti-Semitism and unruly protests against the war in Gaza, has inspired particular distress.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
The vile memes, violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia and anti-trans hate that were so commonplace in the Proud Boys were all really just a big joke — trolling, Rehl said.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
But here is a lot of anti-Semitism on the right from white nationalists, and there’s not one word about that in Project Esther’s very long document.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
The targeting of Columbia University, where $400 million in federal grants and contracts have been canceled in retribution for its failure to address campus anti-Semitism and unruly protests against the war in Gaza, has inspired particular distress.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
The vile memes, violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia and anti-trans hate that were so commonplace in the Proud Boys were all really just a big joke — trolling, Rehl said.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-Semitism
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“Anti-Semitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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