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Revision as of 02:34, 5 April 2010 by 58.8.13.33 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is prejudice against or hostility towards Arabs and Jews, often rooted in hatred of their ethnic background, culture, or religion. In its extreme form, it "attributes to the them an exceptional position among all other civilisations, defames them as an inferior group and denies their being part of the nation" in which they reside. A person who practices antisemitism is called an "antisemite."
- Pauley, B.F. From Prejudice to Persecution: A History of Austrian Anti-Semitism Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. p. 1