anti-Asian
adjective
ˌan-tē-ˈā-zhən 
-shən,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed to or hostile toward the people or culture of Asia
anti-Asian discrimination
anti-Asian bias
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He’d been committed to racial justice, yet the wave of anti-Asian violence had caught him off guard.
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Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
So the Klan of the 1920s was not only anti-Black and anti-Asian, but equally anti-Catholic, antisemitic, and anti-Slav – all groups from the wrong side of Europe’s tracks that took their marching orders from Rome or Moscow.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants settled down there during the 1920s, creating a refuge from anti-Asian sentiment.
—Mercury News, 27 July 2025
On Day 26, just one week before the finale, contestant Cierra Ortega was removed for using anti-Asian slurs on Instagram.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
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Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
So the Klan of the 1920s was not only anti-Black and anti-Asian, but equally anti-Catholic, antisemitic, and anti-Slav – all groups from the wrong side of Europe’s tracks that took their marching orders from Rome or Moscow.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants settled down there during the 1920s, creating a refuge from anti-Asian sentiment.
—Mercury News, 27 July 2025
On Day 26, just one week before the finale, contestant Cierra Ortega was removed for using anti-Asian slurs on Instagram.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
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“Anti-Asian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Asian. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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