Steinschneider writes of “antisemitische Vorurteile”
1860Began between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1860.
In 1860 the scholar Moritz Steinschneider, criticising a book by Ernest Renan, accused Renan of antisemitische Vorurteile, “antisemitic prejudices”. It is the earliest use of the word recorded on this timeline.
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QuotesThe Forward column says the word was first used in 1860 by the German-Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider, who criticised Ernest Renan for his antisemitische Vorurteile.
the word was first used two decades earlier, in 1860, by German-Jewish scholar Moritz SteinschneiderAdded on 12 Nov 2026Debunk this
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