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>Highsmith was an avowed antisemite; she called herself a "Jew hater" and described The Holocaust as "the semicaust" and "Holocaust, Inc."[8][9]:25 While living in Switzerland in the 1980s, she used nearly 40 aliases when writing to government bodies and newspapers deploring the Israeli state and the influence of the Jews.[9]:39,587
>>She often made racist or insensitive comments that offended and embarrassed those present. Those who knew her suggested this behavior might have resulted from depression, alcoholism,[9]:238–242 Asperger syndrome,[10]:294 or a personality disorder. A psychiatrist who observed her at a hotel in 1963 said to the owner, "You do realize you have a psychopath in the hall."[9]:224–225