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anti-Semite

anti-Semite

26 9.3
A person who hates Jewish people
  • noun
  • /ˌæn.tiˈsɛm.aɪt/
  • Slur
: antisemita
  • The politician faced backlash after his remarks revealed him as an anti-Semite.

He's still, he's still seen as an anti Semite by many people.

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Examples

  • We see it in the rise of neo Nazis and anti semites at home.

  • He's still, he's still seen as an anti Semite by many people.

  • Henry Ford was an anti semite, Albert Kahn was a Jew.

  • There were these groups of overt anti Semites raging around Oslo saying Jews out.

  • There is no question this is a raging, raging anti semite and white nationalist, though he denies the latter.

  • Many activists protest against the anti-Semite views expressed by some public figures.

  • The book discusses the historical roots of anti-Semite sentiments in society.

Synonyms

antisemite
vsanti-Semite
  • Offensive
2 8.0

A person who hates Jewish people or treats them unfairly

has identical meaning but is often written with a hyphen and capital letter

How Hostile

persecutor
4 7.9
anti-Semite
  • Slur
26 9.3
critic
553 3.0

Surface Forms

anti-Semite singular
anti-Semites plural

Morphology

anti-Semite = Semite (transparent) = anti + Semite

The meaning is directly built from the prefix anti- plus the noun Semite, indicating hostility toward Semites, especially Jews.

Etymology

The word anti-Semite is made of anti- meaning 'against', as in antiwar, and Semite, a word once used for people related to the Jews. So an anti-Semite is someone who is 'against' Jewish people and has hateful or unfair feelings toward them.