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

If I pick up my phone and send out a tweet, if I say good morning, within minutes, I will have hundreds of blatantly antisemitic responses.

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Ingrassia’s messages were part of thousands of leaked texts from over 350 Young Republican operatives in a Telegram group chat that was exposed by POLITICO, revealing a culture steeped in racist, antisemitic and misogynistic language.

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Mr. Ingrassia also reportedly criticized Turning Point USA for kicking the antisemitic Nick Fuentes out of an event.

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More than half of New York’s hate crimes last year were antisemitic.

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It started with Columbia and Harvard under what many people viewed as the guise of protecting students from antisemitic attacks—a worthy goal, and an area in which both universities needed improvement.

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