Meanings
anti-semitic1
comparative more anti-semitic · superlative most anti-semitic
- alternativeAlternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
anti-Semitic2
comparative more anti-Semitic · superlative most anti-Semitic · alternative antisemitic
- Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
[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 Times2 more examples
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 PsychoThe 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 TribuneAntonyms: philo-Semitic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Germanantisemitisch
- Englishanti-Semitic
From anti- + Semitic; calque of German antisemitisch, which was first used in 1860 by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider. For more see anti-Semitism.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعَادٍ لِلسَّامِيَّة
- مُعَادٍ لِلسَّامِيَّة (muʕādin li-s-sāmiyya)exhibiting anti-Semitism
Catalan antisemita, antisemític
- antisemitaexhibiting anti-Semitism
- antisemíticexhibiting anti-Semitism
Chinese Mandarin 反猶太 /反犹太
- 反猶太 /反犹太 (fǎnyóutài)exhibiting anti-Semitism
Czech antisemitský, protižidovský
- antisemitskýexhibiting anti-Semitism
- protižidovskýexhibiting anti-Semitism
Danish antisemitisk
- antisemitiskexhibiting anti-Semitism
Esperanto kontraŭjuda, antisemitisma
- kontraŭjudaexhibiting anti-Semitism
- antisemitismaexhibiting anti-Semitism
Finnish antisemitistinen, antisemiittinen
- antisemitistinenexhibiting anti-Semitism
- antisemiittinenexhibiting anti-Semitism
- juutalaisvastainenexhibiting anti-Semitism
French antisémite
- antisémiteexhibiting anti-Semitism
German antisemitisch, judenfeindlich
- antisemitischexhibiting anti-Semitism
- judenfeindlichexhibiting anti-Semitism
Hebrew אַנְטִישֵׁמִי
- אַנְטִישֵׁמִי (antishémi)exhibiting anti-Semitism
Hungarian antiszemita
- antiszemitaexhibiting anti-Semitism
Irish frith-Sheimíteach
- frith-Sheimíteachexhibiting anti-Semitism
Italian antisemita, antisemitico
- antisemitaexhibiting anti-Semitism
- antisemiticoexhibiting anti-Semitism
Latvian antisemītisks
- antisemītisksexhibiting anti-Semitism
Polish antysemicki
- antysemickiexhibiting anti-Semitism
Portuguese antissemítico
- antissemíticoexhibiting anti-Semitism
Romanian antisemit
- antisemitexhibiting anti-Semitism
Russian антисеми́тский
- антисеми́тский (antisemítskij)exhibiting anti-Semitism
Slovak antisemitský
- antisemitskýexhibiting anti-Semitism
Spanish antisemita
- antisemitaexhibiting anti-Semitism
Swedish antisemitisk
- antisemitiskexhibiting anti-Semitism
Ukrainian антисемі́тський
- антисемі́тський (antysemítsʹkyj)exhibiting anti-Semitism
Yiddish אַנטיסעמיטיש
- אַנטיסעמיטיש (antisemitish)exhibiting anti-Semitism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anti-semitic
Cite this entry
anti-semitic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-semitic
“anti-semitic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-semitic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-semitic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-semitic.
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