antisemitic

Biased against Jews

Antisemitic describes hostility, prejudice, or discrimination directed at Jewish people.

The term covers a spectrum from casual stereotyping to systematic persecution, and applies to attitudes, speech, policies, or actions.

Someone who holds or expresses such views is an antisemite.

The comedian's antisemitic remarks cost him his television deal.

The word is sometimes hyphenated (anti-Semitic) or capitalized, though the unhyphenated lowercase form has become standard.

historical

Holocaust

Nazi genocide of Jews

  • ShoahNazi extermination of Jews
  • pogromViolent persecution of minorities
  • ghettoSegregated urban quarter

Kristallnacht · Nuremberg Laws · Auschwitz · expulsion · Inquisition · Dreyfus affair · ethnic cleansing · genocide · persecution · diaspora

sensename

hatred

Intense hostile aversion

xenophobia · intolerance · scapegoating · hostility · stereotyping · defamation · vilification · denigration · dehumanization · slur

symbols

swastika

Cross with angled arms

graffiti · vandalism · desecration · hate crime · arson · slogan · caricature · dogwhistle

Opposites
attitude toward jewish people

antisemiticZionist

Jewish state proponent

pro-Israel

tolerance and inclusion

antisemitictolerant

Accepting of differences

inclusive · unprejudiced · accepting · pluralistic · open-minded

Phrases
Family

antisemitism, antisemite, antisemites

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