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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See antisemitism.

Other Word Forms

• antisemitic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of antisemite

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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antisemite

He wasn’t a Nazi, or even an antisemite.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

In January this year, he took out a full-page advert in The Wall Street Journal newspaper to declare "I am not a Nazi or an antisemite".

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

He added that it led him to say and do things he regrets and insisted he is "not a Nazi or an antisemite".

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

He famously said: “if the Jew didn’t exist, the antisemite would invent him.”

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

And I asked Prime Minister Netanyahu, I said, imagine how different American political history would’ve been if Rush Limbaugh had been an antisemite instead of a philosemite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025