Anti-Semitism as a term was coined by anti-Semites to dignify Jew-hatred
Evidence
In any case, the term anti-Semitism was an invention of the anti-Semites, to provide a pseudo-scientiļ¬c cover for Jew-hating and Jew-baiting, and was never intended to apply to any āSemiticā people besides the Jews. ā Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1239
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies that anti-Semitism was a self-serving coinage by anti-Semites, never meant to cover all Semitic-speaking peoples.