anti-Semitic

Hostile toward Jews

Anti-Semitic describes hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jewish people.

The word covers everything from casual stereotyping to systematic persecution: anti-Semitic remarks, anti-Semitic violence, anti-Semitic policies.

Despite the broader meaning of "Semitic" (referring to a language family including Arabic and Hebrew), anti-Semitic specifically targets Jews.

Also spelled antisemitic.

hatred

antisemitism

Bigotry toward Jewish people

  • Jew-hatredBigotry targeting Jewish people
  • NazismGerman fascist totalitarianism
  • NaziGerman fascist party member

fascism · KKK · white supremacy · pogrom · Holocaust · Kristallnacht · blood libel · Dreyfus affair · scapegoating · dehumanization

bigotry

prejudice

Preformed unfavorable opinion

ethnocentrism · supremacism · chauvinism · sectarianism · stereotype · bias · slur · epithet · caricature · canard

discrimination

persecution

Systematic mistreatment of groups

segregation · expulsion · boycott · marginalization · quota · ostracism · alienation · blacklisting · redlining · restricted

Opposites
attitude toward jews

anti-SemiticZionist

Jewish state proponent

pro-Israel

tolerance and prejudice

anti-Semitictolerant

Accepting of differences

accepting · inclusive · unprejudiced · egalitarian · fair

Family

antisemitic

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