anti-Jewish

adjective

an·​ti-Jew·​ish
ˌan-tē-ˈjü-ish,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-Jewish (audio)
: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward Jewish people or the Jewish faith : anti-semitic
anti-Jewish rhetoric
His letters to his mother in 1939 and 1940 are filled with his revulsion for Hitler's policies, including his anti-Jewish policies and atrocities.Raymond Sokolov

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The directive gave all federal agencies a 60-day window to identify civil and criminal authorities available to combat antisemitism and deport anti-Jewish activists who broke any laws. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2025 Representative Richie Torres, a Democrat from New York, notes that social media platforms encourage indoctrination and certain ones create space for anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish sentiment, which can be expressed anonymously. Alissa Simon, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025 The increase in antisemitism is not coincidental, Sachs posits, constructing a case in which Hamas began seeding anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate as far back in the early 1990s with a meeting the FBI secretly recorded at a Philadelphia hotel. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025 Her book contains only a few references to the anti-Jewish measures the Nazis were inflicting on France and the rest of Europe. Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-Jewish

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Jewish was in 1786

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“Anti-Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Jewish. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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