anti-Jewish

adjective

an·​ti-Jew·​ish
ˌan-tē-ˈjü-ish,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-Jewish (audio)
: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward Jewish people or the Jewish faith : anti-semitic
anti-Jewish rhetoric
His letters to his mother in 1939 and 1940 are filled with his revulsion for Hitler's policies, including his anti-Jewish policies and atrocities.Raymond Sokolov

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However, there is still much more to be done in uprooting the inherent anti-Israeli — and in some cases, anti-Jewish — biases across the campus, particularly among some of its faculty members and students. Yinam Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 The move comes days after the Trump administration's Department of Education announced an investigation into five prominent universities for allowing anti-Jewish hate to fester, including New York's Columbia University. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025 The presentation will also explore anti-Jewish myths and tropes and connections between antisemitism and other forms of hate. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025 Kanye West is doubling and tripling down on his anti-Jewish stand and has taken to Elon Musk‘s microblogging platform to do so. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for anti-Jewish 

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Jewish was in 1786

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“Anti-Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Jewish. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.

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