Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of anti-Semitism.
And we will build a City Hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism.
2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
Facing a backlash over the use of the term “cosmopolitan,” [Josh] Hawley later defended himself against accusations of antisemitism on Twitter as “an ardent advocate of the state of Israel and the Jewish people.” But this conflation of the state of Israel and the Jewish people is the entire point. To today’s far right, Israel is a firm ally against Islam, while “cosmopolitans,” many of whom just happen to be Jewish, are suspect.
2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish CurrentsIf the West was really worried about Europe’s Nazi past, it would be better advised to stop stoking an all-too-real new antisemitism: incitement against Arab and Muslim minorities[.]
2024 November 11, Jonathan Cook, “The West buries a genocide – by making victims of Israel's football thugs”, in Middle East Eye
Synonyms & antonyms
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antisemitism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisemitism
“antisemitism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisemitism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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