| − | '''Anti-Semitism''' (or '''antisemitism''') is [[discrimination]], [[Hate|hatred]], or criticism of [[Jews]], Jewish culture, or the state of [[Israel]]. As a word it is first recorded in the English language in 1882<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisemitism</ref>, but as an idea and argument of hatred examples exist from much earlier times. | + | '''Anti-Semitism''' (or '''antisemitism''') is [[discrimination]], [[Hate|hatred]], or criticism of [[Jews]], Jewish culture, or the state of [[Israel]]. As a word it is first recorded in the English language in 1882<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisemitism</ref>, but as an idea and argument of hatred examples exist from much earlier times. It was Wilhelm Marr (1819 – 1904), a German agitator who coined the term ''"anti-semitism"'' in 1879 . |