Etymology

loxism

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Today it means: Hatred of (non-Jewish) white people by Jews. Full definition →

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From lox + -ism, presumably on the basis that lox is a food associated with Jewish people and by analogy with terms such as racism, but the specific reasoning for the coinage is otherwise uncertain. First attested in 2005.

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