Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or Judaism.
- noun Discrimination against Jews.
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- noun Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against
Jews ; anti-Jewism (anti-Jewishness). - noun Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against any other Semitic people (ancient or modern), such as
Samaritans ,Palestinians ,Arabs orAssyrians ; anti-Samaritanism, anti-Palestinianism, anti-Arabism, anti-Assyrianism.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term anti-Semitism derives from the late nineteenth century, and research into ancient anti-Judaic sentiment dates from the same period.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Consider Wilhelm Marr, the German journalist, who coined in 1879 the term anti-Semitism.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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The term anti-Semitism derives from the late nineteenth century, and research into ancient anti-Judaic sentiment dates from the same period.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Consider Wilhelm Marr, the German journalist, who coined in 1879 the term anti-Semitism.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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The term anti-Semitism had not been coined yet, so it is best to call it what it was: raw and implacable Jew hatred.
Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009
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It is not the result of the wickedness or follies of the Gentiles which we call anti-Semitism.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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It is not the result of the wickedness or follies of the Gentiles which we call anti-Semitism.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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It is not the result of the wickedness or follies of the Gentiles which we call anti-Semitism.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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134 Wilhelm Marr, the inventor of the word anti-Semitism, agreed.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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134 Wilhelm Marr, the inventor of the word anti-Semitism, agreed.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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