anti-Semitism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From 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.
The term is superficially/synchronically equivalent to anti- + Semitism (see Semite), for which reason it is rarely extended to cover prejudice against any Semitic people, or against adherents of any of the religions that originated among the Semitic peoples (the Abrahamic religions). See the usage notes.
Base: Semitism
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: anti-Semitisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: antisemitism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: anti-semitism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Антисемитизмом называется распространение вражды к евреям. Когда проклятая царская монархия доживала свое последнее время, она старалась натравить темных рабочих и крестьян на евреев. Царская полиция в союзе с помещиками и капиталистами устраивала еврейские погромы. Ненависть измученных нуждой рабочих и крестьян помещики и капиталисты старались направить на евреев. И в других странах приходится видеть нередко, что капиталисты разжигают вражду к евреям, чтобы засорить глаза рабочего, чтобы отвлечь их взоры от настоящего врага трудящихся — от капитала.
Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner has asked all citizens to wear the kippah in solidarity with the Jewish community, in the run-up to planned anti-Israel protests Saturday.
It isn’t surprising that American Jews fear far-right anti-Semitism more than anti-Semitism from any other source: the Anti-Defamation League has found that it is the source of the vast majority of ideologically motivated extremist violence in the U.S.
gloss: Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against any Semitic people (ancient or modern), such as Samaritans, Palestinians, Arabs or Assyrians.
pos: noun
tags: countable
nonstandard
often
proscribed
rare
uncountable
examples: But Israel's policy of anti-semitism against Palestinians was not to the liking of India.
Debate on Middle East issues is limited by what can only be seen as anti-Arab racism (itself a form of racist anti-semitism, since Arabs are semitic peoples), based on a severe lack of information.
At this university, a faculty member has even gone so far as to declare Zionism a form of anti-Semitism against Palestinians.
Bluntly put: if you want to end today's "anti-Semitism" against Jews, end Zionism's "anti-Semitism" against Palestinians.
Synonyms: anti-Semiticism
Antonyms: philo-Semitism
philosemitism
pro-Semitism
prosemitism
Related words: anti-semite
anti-Semite
antisemite
anti-semitical
anti-Semitical
antisemitical
anti-Semitically
anti-semitically
antisemitically
anti-semitic
anti-Semitic
antisemitic
anti-shemite
anti-Shemite
antishemite
anti-shemitical
anti-Shemitical
antishemitical
anti-shemitically
anti-Shemitically
antishemitically
anti-shemitic
anti-Shemitic
antishemitic
anti-Zionism
Islamophobia
anti-Sunnism
anti-Shi'ism
nationalism
tribalism
racism
xenophobia
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