antisemitic

Or an·ti-Se·mit·ic

[an-tee-suh-mit-ik, an-tahy‐]

adjective

1. prejudiced or hostile toward Jews: Critics have cited the candidate’s antisemitic comments.

   They had come to reject the antisemitic views of their grandparents’ generation.

   Critics have cited the candidate’s antisemitic comments.

Spelling Note

See antisemitism ( def. ).

Other Word Forms

• antisemitically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of antisemitic¹

First recorded in 1880–85; anti- ( def. ) + Semitic ( def. )

Example Sentences

The attack, which happened on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, was the highest-profile antisemitic incident to hit the U.K. since the start of the war in Gaza.

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Claudia Mendoza, the head of the Jewish Leadership Council, believes there has been a failure by successive governments in the UK to confront violent jihadist language and tackle antisemitic hate.

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Her views on Israel, for instance, are entwined with her long record of flirtations with antisemitic conspiracy theories, and it’s the same story with her willingness to release the Epstein files.

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Anna Bergson, who is married to a rabbi and whose children attend Jewish schools, said at a local vigil on Friday that antisemitic hatred had been "brewing" before the attack.

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Bury South MP Christian Wakeford, who also attended Friday's vigil, said he believed antisemitic abuse had reached "record levels" in the past two years.

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