anti-Semitic

See also: antisemitic

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Etymology

anti- + Semitic. See anti-Semitism for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/, /ˌæntiːsəˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌæntaɪ-/
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  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧sem‧it‧ic

Adjective

anti-Semitic (comparative more anti-Semitic, superlative most anti-Semitic)

  1. Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
    • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, page 8]”, in The New York Times:
      [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
    • 2022 November 19, Clarence Page, “Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs”, in Chicago Tribune:
      The Anti-Defamation League reported a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents in 2021 in this country, with a total of 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL, the highest number on record since the organization began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.

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