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anti-semitic

anti-semitic

59 8.4
Showing hate or unfair treatment of Jewish people
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.ti.səˈmɪt.ɪk/
  • Offensive
: antisemita
  • The article discussed the dangers of spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories online.

This is how anti-Semitic Henry Ford was.

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Examples

  • None of this is going to help calm the anti-Semitic sentiments that have risen up.

  • But the first thing is, is as I said, these are blatant anti-Semitic remarks that Kanye West has made.

  • And there were, there was anti-Semitic stuff going on there.

  • This is how anti-Semitic Henry Ford was.

  • There were, there was the doctor's plot, which was an anti-Semitic campaign.

  • I think it's a a specific kind of right wing anti-Semitic radical.

  • It's a radical anti-Semitic ideology of revolution.

  • About half of Elon's ad revenue may have just gone up in smoke because of the anti-Semitic controversy.

  • There was a leader of the Jobic party in Hungary, the anti-Semitic party in Hungary.

  • He goes to the UN, says this organization is filled with anti-Semitic bile.

Synonyms

antisemitic
vsanti-semitic
  • Offensive
5 8.5

Showing hate or unfair treatment of Jewish people

is written with a hyphen while keeping the same hostile prejudice meaning

How Hostile

hateful
111 3.6
anti-semitic
  • Offensive
59 8.4
prejudiced
42 5.0
unsympathetic
12 4.9

Surface Forms

anti-semitic positive

Morphology

anti-semitic = Semitic (semi-transparent) = anti + semitic

The structure anti- + Semitic is clear, but the modern sense 'hostile to Jewish people' depends on a specialized historical reference rather than a fully literal compositional meaning.

Etymology

The word anti-semitic comes from anti- meaning 'against' and Semitic, a term used for Jewish people and their language. So, anti-semitic describes being 'against' Jewish people and showing hate or unfair behaviour towards them.