antisemit

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Pronunciations

antisemit (AHN-tee-seh-MEET) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "She lived in one of the stucco houses nearby. Ida called her die antisemitke, but that part of her didn't bother Morris." (The Assistant: A Novel by Bernard Malamud)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • masculine: אַנטיסעמיט antisemit
    feminine: אַנטיסעמיטקע antisemitke

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      antisemitke, antisemitkeh

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