Anti-semite
/ˌæntiˈsɛmaɪt/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone with anti-Semitic views.
"Aw yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire Australian anti-Semite on horseback."
- 2 someone who hates and would persecute Jews wordnet
Adjective
- 1 discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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