anti-Semitic

adj
/ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/UK/ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/US

Etymology

From anti- + Semitic; calque of German antisemitisch, which was first used in 1860 by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider. For more see anti-Semitism.

  1. derived from שם
  2. derived from Σήμ
  3. derived from Sēm
  4. suffixed as semitic — “Semite + ic
  5. prefixed as anti-semitic — “anti + Semitic

Definitions

  1. Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.

    • [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.
  2. Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA