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ANTISEMITISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
Synonyms:
anti-Semitism; antisemitism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("antisemitism" is a kind of...):
racism (the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races)
Derivation:
antisemitic (relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews)