Romaphobia
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Romaphobia¹
- /ˌɹoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
- /ˌɹəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
Rhymes with -əʊbiə
Where it comes from
From Roma + -phobia. Late 20th century. Before that, its synonyms were the usual words for the referent.
noun
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Fear, dislike, or hate of Roma people.
Similar: antigypsyism, antiziganism
Romaphobia²
- /ˌɹoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
- /ˌɹəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
Rhymes with -əʊbiə
Where it comes from
From Roma + -phobia, where Rome is metonymic for the Roman pope, the Vatican, and their church. Mid-19th century.
noun
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Fear, dislike, or hate of Roman Catholicism.
There lurks, we fear, the old Protestant Romaphobia, which will not allow him to speak boldly on the subject. If we really believe that our LORD gave power to remit sins to His Apostles, can we for a moment doubt that when a priest is ordained by the very same form of words which our LORD used in co
Similar: anti-Catholicism, antipopery, antipapism
Translations
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noun fear, dislike or hate of Roma people
| Français | rromophobie |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Romaphobie |
| Русский | ромофо́бия romofóbija |
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title = {Romaphobia},
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