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ANTI-SEMITISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anti-Semitism mean?
• ANTI-SEMITISM (noun)
The noun ANTI-SEMITISM has 1 sense:
1. the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
Familiarity information: ANTI-SEMITISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
anti-Semitism; antisemitism
Hypernyms ("anti-Semitism" is a kind of...):
racism (the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races)
Derivation:
anti-semitic (relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews)
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