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Adjective

anti-Semitic ‎(comparative more anti-Semitic, superlative most anti-Semitic)

1. Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
   • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, page 8]”, in The New York Times:

     [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.

Hypernyms

• ethnicistic

Usage notes

The word anti-Semitic is not an antonym to Semitic.

Related terms

• anti-Semite
• anti-Semitism

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