anti-Asian

adjective

ˌan-tē-ˈā-zhən How to pronounce anti-Asian (audio)
-shən,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed to or hostile toward the people or culture of Asia
anti-Asian discrimination
anti-Asian bias

Examples of anti-Asian in a Sentence

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Beyond the economic toll, the rivalry has fueled a rise in anti-Asian hate across the United States, while simultaneously hurting the U.S. economy and eroding corporate profits. John Wang, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025 Zoom in: New York's legislation was passed in the wake of rising anti-Asian hate in the U.S., per members of its state legislature. April Rubin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025 Less than two decades later, at the height of wartime anti-Japanese hysteria in the United States, a coalition of anti-Asian groups in California filed suit arguing that Wong Kim Ark was wrongly decided and that children of Asian immigrants should be racially barred from birthright citizenship. Rachel E. Rosenbloom / Made By History, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025 United Airlines will pay $99,000 to settle a federal discrimination case in which an Asian American employee alleged that a supervisor called him an anti-Asian slur, told him to pull up his mask and physically assaulted him. Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for anti-Asian 

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Asian was in 1920

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“Anti-Asian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Asian. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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