: relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism : feeling or showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a cultural, racial, or ethnic group
anti-Semitic statements/rhetoric
… his critics charge he is anti-Semitic and anti-black, allegations that he denies.—
James M. Perry
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Of the 18, 12 were classified as anti-Semitic, down from 17 last year, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
The previous instance of vandalism at the Holocaust memorial site took place in 2023, in which, after the Holocaust Remembrance Day, the memorial was defaced with National Socialist and anti-Semitic slogans, and wreaths were again destroyed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Instantly, Heffernan said, trolls descended, barraging her with anti-Semitic and misogynistic messages.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Two years prior to that, the club was widely condemned after supporters posted stickers around Rome’s Stadio Olimpico depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank wearing the shirt of city rival Roma alongside anti-Semitic slogans.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau and George Ramsay, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
The previous instance of vandalism at the Holocaust memorial site took place in 2023, in which, after the Holocaust Remembrance Day, the memorial was defaced with National Socialist and anti-Semitic slogans, and wreaths were again destroyed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Instantly, Heffernan said, trolls descended, barraging her with anti-Semitic and misogynistic messages.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Two years prior to that, the club was widely condemned after supporters posted stickers around Rome’s Stadio Olimpico depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank wearing the shirt of city rival Roma alongside anti-Semitic slogans.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau and George Ramsay, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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