The term anti-Semitism is coined by German…

The term anti-Semitism is coined by German agitator Wilhelm Marr in 1879 by to designate the anti-Jewish campaigns underway in central Europe. (Although this term now has wide currency, it is a misnomer, since it implies a discrimination against all Semites. Arabs and other peoples are also Semites, and yet they are not the targets of anti-Semitism, as it is usually understood. This variety of anti-Jewish racism dates only to the emergence of so-called “scientific racism” in the nineteenth century and is different in nature from earlier anti-Jewish prejudices.)