: 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.—
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The two-time Academy Award winner has opened up in the past about his sobriety following his 2006 anti-Semitic tirade during an arrest for drunk driving.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
And Musk has been trying to make nice in a Hollywood newly Trump-skeptical of him, most recently possibly banning Ye from X after David Schwimmer pled for that outcome following the rapper’s anti-Semitic rants.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
And Musk has been trying to make nice in a Hollywood newly Trump-skeptical of him, most recently possibly banning Ye from X after David Schwimmer pled for that outcome following the rapper’s anti-Semitic rants.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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
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“Anti-Semitic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitic. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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