anti-semitism

plural anti-semitisms

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of anti-Semitism.

plural anti-Semitisms · alternative antisemitism · alternative anti-semitism

1. countableuncountablenarrower sensePrejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.

   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

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   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

   Synonyms: anti-Jewishness, anti-Jewism, anti-Judaism, antijudaism, Jew-hate, Jew-hatred, Jewhatred, Jewmania · Antonyms: anti-anti-Semitism, Jewmania, Judeophilia

2. countablenonstandardoftenproscribedrareuncountablebroader sensePrejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against any Semitic people (ancient or modern), such as Samaritans, Palestinians, Arabs or Assyrians.

   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

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   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

   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

   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