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

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Etymology

Origin of antisemite

First recorded in 1880–85

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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

"I am not a Nazi or an antisemite," he wrote.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

Sartre argued that for the antisemite, “there is no question of building a new society, but only of purifying the one that exists.”

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

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