anti-Semitism
Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed…Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.
Antisemitismus, Judenhass, Judenhaß
антисемити́змantisemitízm, юдофо́бияjudofóbija
антисеміти́змantysemitýzm
(countable, nonstandard, often, proscribed, rare, uncountable)Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against any Semitic people (ancient or modern), such as Samaritans, Palestinians, Arabs or Assyrians.
the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From German Antisemitismus. It is typically said that German political agitator Wilhelm MaFrom German Antisemitismus. It is typically said that German political agitator Wilhelm Marr invented the term to replace Judenhaß (literally “Jew-hatred”) to make hatred of the Jews seem rational and sanctioned by scientific knowledge; Marr founded the Antisemitenliga ("Anti-Semites' League") in 1879, used the terms Semitismus and Antisemiten in his 1879 and 1880 pamphlets Der Sieg des Judenthums über das Germanenthum and Der Weg zum Siege des Germanenthums über das Judenthum, and used Antisemitismus at least as early as his 1885 pamphlet Lessing contra Sem. The related term antisemitisch (“anti-semitic”) was first used in 1860, by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider. See Wikipedia's article on the etymology and usage of the term.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: anti-SemitismsSynonyms
11 synonyms- the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people:antisemitism
Antonyms
7 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable