anti-Semitic

Etymology

 * , which was first used in 1860 by Jewish scholar.

For more see anti-Semitism.

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.

Usage notes

 * Though refers in a broader sense to all those who speak Semitic languages (including e.g. Arabs and Assyrians), the term anti-Semitism has historically referred to prejudice against Jews alone. To avoid the confusion of the misnomer, many scholars of the subject (such as Emil Fackenheim) now favor the unhyphenated antisemitic in order to emphasize that the word should be read as a single unified term, not as a meaningful root word–prefix combination.   (See Wikipedia's article on the etymology and usage of the term.) Use of the term to refer to prejudice against any Semitic people is rare and nonstandard, occurring chiefly in anti-Israel discourse.

Translations

 * Albanian: antisemitik
 * Amharic: ጸረ ሤማዊ
 * Arabic: مُعَاد لِلْسَامِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: antisemita
 * Belarusian: антысемі́цкі
 * Catalan: antisemita, antisemític
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 反猶太
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: antisemitisk
 * Esperanto: kontraŭjuda, antisemitisma
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: antisemita
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: frith-Sheimíteach
 * Italian:, antisemitico
 * Latvian: antisemītisks
 * Manx: noi-Ewnagh
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: antissemítico
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: antisemita
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: אַנטיסעמיטיש