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anti-Semitism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæntɪˈsɛmɪˌtɪzəm/
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• /ˌæntiˈsɛmɪˌtɪzəm/
• /ˌæntaɪˈsɛmɪˌtɪzəm/

Etymology

From German Antisemitismus. It is typically said that German political agitator Wilhelm Marr invented the term to replace Judenhaß (literally “Jew-hatred”) to make hatred of the Jews seem rational and sanctioned by scientific knowledge; Marr founded the Antisemitenliga ("Anti-Semites' League") in 1879, used the terms Semitismus and Antisemiten in his 1879 and 1880 pamphlets Der Sieg des Judenthums über das Germanenthum and Der Weg zum Siege des Germanenthums über das Judenthum, and used Antisemitismus at least as early as his 1885 pamphlet Lessing contra Sem. The related term antisemitisch (“anti-semitic”) was first used in 1860, by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider. See Wikipedia's article on the etymology and usage of the term. The term is superficially/synchronically equivalent to anti- + Semitism (see Semite), for which reason it is rarely extended to cover prejudice against any Semitic people, or against adherents of any of the religions that originated among the Semitic peoples (the Abrahamic religions). See the usage notes.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:narrower sense, uncountable) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.
   • Антисемитизмом называется распространение вражды к евреям. Когда проклятая царская монархия доживала свое последнее время, она старалась натравить темных рабочих и крестьян на евреев. Царская полиция в союзе с помещиками и капиталистами устраивала еврейские погромы. Ненависть измученных нуждой рабочих и крестьян помещики и капиталисты старались направить на евреев. И в других странах приходится видеть нередко, что капиталисты разжигают вражду к евреям, чтобы засорить глаза рабочего, чтобы отвлечь их взоры от настоящего врага трудящихся — от капитала. 1969 [1919], Lenin, V. I., “О погромной травле евреев”, in В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений, volume 38, pages 242-243; English translation from “Anti-Jewish Pogroms”, in George Hanna, transl., Lenin’s Collected Works, volume 29, translation of original in Russian, 1974, pages 252 - 253:
   • It isn’t surprising that American Jews fear far-right anti-Semitism more than anti-Semitism from any other source: the Anti-Defamation League has found that it is the source of the vast majority of ideologically motivated extremist violence in the U.S. 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
   • Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner has asked all citizens to wear the kippah in solidarity with the Jewish community, in the run-up to planned anti-Israel protests Saturday. 2019 May 28, Jack Guy and Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN:
2. (countable, in anti-Israel discourse, nonstandard, often, proscribed, qualifier:broader sense, rare, uncountable) Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against any Semitic people (ancient or modern), such as Samaritans, Palestinians, Arabs or Assyrians.
   • Bluntly put: if you want to end today's "anti-Semitism" against Jews, end Zionism's "anti-Semitism" against Palestinians. 2003, Jeffrey St Clair, The Politics of Anti-Semitism, page 41:
   • At this university, a faculty member has even gone so far as to declare Zionism a form of anti-Semitism against Palestinians. 2002, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Post-Holocaust and Anti-Semitism, numbers 1-39, page 36:
   • But Israel's policy of anti-semitism against Palestinians was not to the liking of India. 1986, Akhileshwar Singh, Political leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, page 228:
   • Debate on Middle East issues is limited by what can only be seen as anti-Arab racism (itself a form of racist anti-semitism, since Arabs are semitic peoples), based on a severe lack of information. 1991 April 6, Steve Rose, “A Human Drama”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

Forms

Antonyms

pro-Semitism · prosemitism · Jewmania · anti-anti-Semitism · philo-Semitism · philosemitism · Judeophilia

Relateds

xenophobia · antishemite · antishemitical · Islamophobia · antisemite · racism · anti-Shemitical · anti-semitically · antishemitic · nationalism · tribalism · antishemitically · anti-Sunnism · anti-Shemitically · anti-Shi'ism · antisemitically · anti-Zionism · anti-semitic · antisemitical · anti-semite · anti-Semite · anti-Semitically · anti-shemitical · anti-Shemite · anti-shemite · anti-shemitically · anti-shemitic · anti-Shemitic · antisemitic · anti-Semitic · anti-Semitical · anti-semitical

Synonyms

Jew-hatred · Jewhatred · Judeophobia · anti-Jewishness · Jewmania · Jew-hate · anti-Jewism · anti-Semiticism · anti-Judaism · antijudaism

Translations (96)

nn jødehat (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · pl antysemityzm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · nb jødehat (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tr Yahudi karşıtlığı (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · hy հակահրեականություն (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · hy հակասեմականություն (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · it antisemitismo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tt антисемитизм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · es antisemitismo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ps يهود مخالفت (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · de Judenhaß (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tg антисемитизм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ru антисемити́зм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · uz antisemitizm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tg яҳудситезӣ (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ru юдофо́бия (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ka ანტისემიტიზმი (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · fi juutalaisvastaisuus (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · gl antisemitismo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · rue юдофо́бія (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sq antisemitizëm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · el αντισημιτισμός (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · hi यहूदी विरोधवाद (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ur یَہُود دُشْمَنی (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · eo antisemitismo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · yi שׂינאת־ישׂראל (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · fi antisemitismi (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · cmn 反猶太主義 /反犹太主义 (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ja アンティセミティズム (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ps سام دوښمني (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sv antisemitism (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ur سام دُشْمَنی (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tr Yahudi düşmanlığı (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · de Judenfeindlichkeit (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ko 반유대주의 (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tk antisemitizm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · hu antiszemitizmus (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · id antisemitisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sl antisemitizem (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · uk антисеміти́зм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · tr antisemitizm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · is gyðingahatur (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sv judehat (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ur سام مُخالِفَت (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · bg антисемитизъм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · de Judenhass (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · lv antisemītisms (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · nn antisemittisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · et juudivaenulikkus (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · rue антісеміті́зм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · yi אַנטיסעמיטיזם (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · fa یَهودْسِتیزی (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · cmn 反猶主義 /反犹主义 (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · nl anti-semitisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · da jødehad (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · kmr antîsemîtîzm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ga frithghiúdachas (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · fo gýðingahatur (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · vi chủ nghĩa bài Do Thái (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · nb antisemittisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · mk антисемити́зам (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ga frith-Sheimíteachas (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · lad antisemitizmo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ar مُعَادَاة السَّامِيَّة (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ky антисемитизм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · de Antisemitismus (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sh antisemitìzam (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ja 反セム主義 (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · fa یَهودیسِتیزی (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · eo kontraŭjudismo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · az antisemitizm (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · da antisemitisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · be антысеміты́зм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · az Yəhudi əleyhdarlığı (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · nl jodenhaat (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · kk антисемитизм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · de Judendiskriminierung (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ja 反ユダヤ主義 (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · mn антисемитизм (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · th การต่อต้านยิว (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · hi यहूदी-विरोध (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · et antisemitism (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · lt antisemitizmas (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · az Yəhudi düşmənçiliyi (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sk antisemitizmus (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · pt antissemitismo (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ca antisemitisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ms antisemitisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · sh антисемитѝзам (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ro antisemitism (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · he אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · fr anti-sémitisme (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · yue 反猶太主義 /反犹太主义 (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · bn ইহুদি-বিদ্বেষ (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · ur ضِدِ سامِیَّت (prejudice or hostility against Jews) · cs antisemitismus (prejudice or hostility against Jews)

wikipedia: de:Antisemitenliga