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antisemitic

antisemitic

5 8.5
Showing hate or unfair treatment of Jewish people
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.ti.səˈmɪt.ɪk/
  • Offensive
: antisemita
  • During the debate, he rejected any arguments that were based on antisemitic beliefs.

Examples

  • If you believe that none of the criticism of Israel is antisemitic, you're a fool.

    Blog text (28)
  • "The point is many Jews feel most Slavs are antisemitic."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Well, uh, that statement could be construed as wildly antisemitic.

  • Between 1910 and 1914, Der Arbeiter carried only two antisemitic articles.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Multiculturalists seem to have a lively interest in the Protocols, one of the most lethal antisemitic tracts of this century.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Movements of antisemitic nationalism rose in nineteenth-century Europe that rejected the possibility that Jews could assimilate into European citizenship.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The antisemitic remarks made during the speech were widely condemned by the community.

  • Many countries have laws against antisemitic hate speech to protect their Jewish citizens.

Synonyms

anti-semitic
vsantisemitic
  • Offensive
59 8.4

Showing hate or unfair treatment of Jewish people

is the modern form written without the hyphen

Antonyms

85 4.1

Including all the things or people mentioned, even the limits

71 3.2

Accepting of people and ideas that are different

How Antisemitic

antisemitic
  • Offensive
5 8.5
prejudiced
42 5.0
biased
152 4.0
tolerant
71 3.2

Surface Forms

antisemitic positive

Morphology

antisemitic = Semitic (opaque) = anti + Semitic

The prefix anti- is clear, but the word's conventional meaning is a specialized historical term meaning hostility toward Jewish people rather than a straightforward 'against Semitic' interpretation.

Etymology

The word antisemitic combines the prefix anti- meaning 'against' with Semite, a word for Jewish people. So, antisemitic means being 'against' Jewish people, showing hate or treating them unfairly.