islamophobia

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Islamophobia¹

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From Islamo- + -phobia. Attested since the 1920s, but popularized by a 1976 article by Georges Chahati Anawati.

noun Islamophobias · islamophobia · Islamaphobia

  1. uncountable, usually Fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims. No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in Islamophobia and win an election.

    Similar: Muslimophobia, Muslimphobia

islamophobia²

noun islamophobias

  1. uncountable, usually Alternative letter-case form of Islamophobia

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noun fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims

Españolislamofobia
한국어이슬람 혐오증 Iseullam hyeomojeung
日本語イスラム恐怖症 Isuramu-kyōfushō
中文伊斯蘭恐懼症 /伊斯兰恐惧症 Yīsīlán kǒngjùzhèng, 仇綠 /仇绿 chóulǜ, 仇穆 chóumù
हिन्दीइस्लामभीति islāmbhīti
Portuguêsislamofobia
Françaisislamophobie
DeutschIslamophobie, Islamhass, Islamfeindlichkeit, Islamfeindschaft
Italianoislamofobia, antislamismo
Ελληνικάισλαμοφοβία islamofovía
Românăislamofobie
Русскийисламофо́бия islamofóbija
العربيةرُهَاب الْإِسْلَام ruhāb al-ʔislām, إِسْلَامُوفُوبِيَا ʔislāmufūbiyā
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@misc{islamophobia_2026,
  title = {islamophobia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/islamophobia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}