antisemitic

American  

[an-tee-suh-mit-ik, an-tahy‐] / ˌæn ti səˈmɪt ɪk, ˌæn taɪ‐ /

Or anti-Semitic

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.

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Spelling

See antisemitism ( def. ).

Other Word Forms

• antisemitically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of antisemitic

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

Example Sentences

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antisemitic

He said the evidence has led him to realise that many schools do not record antisemitic abuse in part because of a lack of understanding about how to recognise it.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Targeting a mural created to be a source of healing and communal inspiration, in response to a prior act of antisemitic vandalism, is an assault not only on PJTC, but on our community here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Children, he said, including some who may be harboring antisemitic prejudice, needed a way to relate to the event before they could grasp its singular nature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In his Canberra speech, Burgess defended the agency as it faced "concurrent, cascading, and compounding threats", and revealed details of investigations into two antisemitic firebombings traced to Iran.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

There was a wave of antisemitism in France, and antisemitic newspapers whipped readers into a hysteria.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day