: relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism : feeling or showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a cultural, racial, or ethnic group
anti-Semitic statements/rhetoric
… his critics charge he is anti-Semitic and anti-black, allegations that he denies.—
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Two years prior to that, the club was widely condemned after supporters posted stickers around Rome’s Stadio Olimpico depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank wearing the shirt of city rival Roma alongside anti-Semitic slogans.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau and George Ramsay, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
In 1934, the Austro-fascists banned the Social Democratic Party, and practically overnight, the entire country was ruled under the ultra conservative, anti-Semitic Austro-fascists.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
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Gibson had a years-long exile from Hollywood after making anti-Semitic remarks during a 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Barbie Latza Nadeau and George Ramsay, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
In 1934, the Austro-fascists banned the Social Democratic Party, and practically overnight, the entire country was ruled under the ultra conservative, anti-Semitic Austro-fascists.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
Related Articles Probe confirms Oakland teacher displayed anti-Semitic posters
Some US lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Gibson had a years-long exile from Hollywood after making anti-Semitic remarks during a 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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