anti-Christian
adjective
an·ti-Chris·tian
ˌan-tē-ˈkris-chən 
ˈkrish-,
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to or hostile toward Christianity
anti-Christian beliefs
an anti-Christian bias
anti-Christianity
noun
… evidence not of anti-Semitism but of anti-religion in general and anti-Christianity in particular.
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Gertrude Himmelfarb
Gertrude Himmelfarb
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The deranged anti-Trump and anti-Christian gunman never made it into the ballroom and was stopped by security, but for several tense seconds, no one inside knew that.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
White House officials tell our CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs that authorities have found anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on the suspect's social media accounts.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The attack follows weeks of escalating rhetoric from Trump, who has portrayed violence in Nigeria as driven by anti-Christian persecution.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
These details caught the attention of several right-wing journalists and eventually a GOP congressman, who claimed that the course was anti-Christian and pro-Communist.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Under Trump appointee Andrea Lucas, the agency has moved to roll back legal protections for transgender workers; crack down on workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and focus on religious discrimination, particularly claims involving antisemitism or anti-Christian bias.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 23 Dec. 2025
In 2018, during US President Donald Trump’s first term, then-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari pushed back on allegations of anti-Christian violence during his White House visit.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2025
According to the group Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC), 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes were documented in 2023, including nearly 1,000 in France, or 41 percent of the total in Europe.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
To focus the task force on anti-Christian bias deepens the misconception that aggression against Christians is rampant in the country, says Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
White House officials tell our CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs that authorities have found anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on the suspect's social media accounts.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The attack follows weeks of escalating rhetoric from Trump, who has portrayed violence in Nigeria as driven by anti-Christian persecution.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
These details caught the attention of several right-wing journalists and eventually a GOP congressman, who claimed that the course was anti-Christian and pro-Communist.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Under Trump appointee Andrea Lucas, the agency has moved to roll back legal protections for transgender workers; crack down on workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and focus on religious discrimination, particularly claims involving antisemitism or anti-Christian bias.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 23 Dec. 2025
In 2018, during US President Donald Trump’s first term, then-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari pushed back on allegations of anti-Christian violence during his White House visit.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2025
According to the group Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC), 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes were documented in 2023, including nearly 1,000 in France, or 41 percent of the total in Europe.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
To focus the task force on anti-Christian bias deepens the misconception that aggression against Christians is rampant in the country, says Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Anti-Christian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Christian. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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