Anti-semite

//ˌæntiˈsɛmaɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone with anti-Semitic views.

    "Aw yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire Australian anti-Semite on horseback."

  2. 2
    someone who hates and would persecute Jews wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion wordnet

Synonyms

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antiblackjew-baiterracist

Example

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"Could such respectable figures as Ilan Pappe, Noam Chomsky, and Avi Shlaim be considered as anti-Semite?"

Etymology

1881, from German Antisemit (coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879 as a scientific-sounding self-identification), from German antisemitisch (coined by Moritz Steinschneider in 1860), from anti- + semitisch

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