anti-Jewish

adjective

Opposed to Jews.

Opposite

Meanings

adjectiveanti-Jewish (comparative more anti-Jewish, superlative most anti-Jewish)

comparative more anti-Jewish · superlative most anti-Jewish

  1. Opposed to Jews.

    Twenty-five years have passed since the anti-Jewish farhud in Iraq.

    1966, Hayyim J. Cohen, “The Anti‐Jewish Farhūd in Baghdad, 1941”, in Middle Eastern Studies, volume 3, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR
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    Of the declared Antisemites, 66.32% (or 34.11% of the total replies) found the anti-Jewish measures to be insufficient.

    1953 April, Leon Poliakov, “An Opinion Poll on Anti-Jewish Measures in Vichy France”, in Jewish Social Studies, volume 15, number 2, →JSTOR, pages 135–150

    Biden on Monday unveiled new measures to tackle antisemitism on college campuses and senior officials underscored the need to combat anti-Jewish hate.

    2023 October 31, Stephen Collinson, “A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world”, in CNN

    Synonyms: anti-Semitic, anti-semitic, antisemitic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpposed to Jews.

Opposite

Origin

Translations

Czech protižidovský
  • protižidovskýopposed to Jews
Danish jødefjendtlig, antisemitisk
  • jødefjendtligopposed to Jews
  • antisemitiskopposed to Jews
French antijuif, anti-juif
  • antijuifopposed to Jews
  • anti-juifopposed to Jews
German antijüdisch, judenfeindlich
  • antijüdischopposed to Jews
  • judenfeindlichopposed to Jews
  • antijudaistischopposed to Jews
Hungarian zsidóellenes
  • zsidóellenesopposed to Jews
Norwegian Bokmål jødefiendtlig, antijødisk
  • jødefiendtligopposed to Jews
  • antijødiskopposed to Jews
Polish antyżydowski
  • antyżydowskiopposed to Jews
Portuguese antijudaico, antijudeu
  • antijudaicoopposed to Jews
  • antijudeuopposed to Jews
Spanish antijudío
  • antijudíoopposed to Jews
Swedish judefientlig
  • judefientligopposed to Jews
Cite this entry
APA

anti-Jewish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Jewish

MLA

“anti-Jewish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Jewish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-Jewish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Jewish.

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