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anti-Semitic definition

anti-Semitic (-sə mit′ik)

adjective

  1. having or showing prejudice against Jews
  2. discriminating against or persecuting Jews
  3. of or caused by such prejudice or hostility
Also written antisemitic an′ti·semit′ic

Etymology: < anti-Semitism < Ger Antisemitismus, coined (1879) by Wilhelm Marr, Ger writer

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