antisemite

American  

[an-tee-sem-ahyt, an-tahy-, -see-mahyt] / ˌæn tiˈsɛm aɪt, ˌæn taɪ-, -ˈsi maɪt /

Or anti-Semite

noun

1. a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews.

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Spelling

See antisemitism.

Other Word Forms

• antisemitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of antisemite

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

But she chose to do so by going live with Tucker Carlson, a man who has welcomed white supremacist and Holocaust-denying antisemite Nick Fuentes on his show, where Fuentes complained about “organized Jewry” and Carlson whined about how conservative supporters of Israel had been “seized by this brain virus.”

From Slate

The earthquake Tucker Carlson triggered by interviewing notorious antisemite Nick Fuentes has produced a series of aftershocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pound was a notorious antisemite—long inclined that way, he was getting worse by the time of “Make It New.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Dinghofer was an antisemite and a Nazi party member during WWII," said Lia Guttmann, co-president of the Austrian Union of Jewish Students group.

From Barron's

Last week, more than a dozen historians said parliament was being made "the place of honourable remembrance for a declared antisemite".

From Barron's