anti-Semitic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌæntaɪ-/ (General-American)
- /ˌæntiːsəˈmɛtɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From anti- + Semitic; calque of German antisemitisch, which was first used in 1860 by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider. For more see anti-Semitism.
Meanings
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Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
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.
2022 November 19, Clarence Page, “Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs”, in Chicago Tribune:Craig McDermott (Josh Lucas): Are you sure that's Paul Allen over there? Timothy Bryce (Justin Theroux): Yes. McDufus, I am. Craig McDermott: He's handling the Fisher account. Timothy Bryce: Lucky bastard. Craig McDermott: Lucky Jew bastard. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale): Jesus, McDermott, what does that have to do with anything? Craig McDermott: I've seen that bastard sitting in his office, talking on the phone to the CEOs, spinning a fucking menorah. Patrick Bateman: Not a menorah. You spin a dreidel. Craig McDermott: Oh, my God. Bateman, do you want me to fry you up some fucking potato pancakes? Some latkes? Patrick Bateman: No. Just cool it with the anti-Semitic remarks. Craig McDermott: Oh, I forgot. Bateman's dating someone from the ACLU.
2000, Guinevere Turner, Mary Harron, directed by Mary Harron, American Psycho:[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.
2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, page 8]”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more anti-Semitic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| antisemitic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most anti-Semitic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Relateds
anti-Semitism · anti-Semite · antisemitica
Translations (38)
be антысемі́цкі (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · it antisemita (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · uk антисемі́тський (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · pl antysemicki (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · sv antisemitisk (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · eo kontraŭjuda (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · am ጸረ ሤማዊ (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · sh antisemitski (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · de antisemitisch (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ga frith-Sheimíteach (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · fr antisémite (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · hu antiszemita (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · eo antisemitisma (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ru антисеми́тский (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · gv noi-Ewnagh (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · sq antisemitik (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ro antisemit (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ca antisemita (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · cs protižidovský (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · es antisemita (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · da antisemitisk (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · he אַנְטִישֵׁמִי (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ca antisemític (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · hy հակասեմական (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · cs antisemitský (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · de judenfeindlich (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · fi antisemitistinen (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · sk antisemitský (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ast antisemita (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · cmn 反猶太 /反犹太 (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · fi antisemiittinen (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · ar مُعَاد لِلْسَامِيَّة (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · pt antissemítico (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · lv antisemītisks (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · fi juutalaisvastainen (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · gl antisemita (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · it antisemitico (exhibiting anti-Semitism) · yi אַנטיסעמיטיש (exhibiting anti-Semitism)