indonesiaphobia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Australian Minister for External Affairs (Sir Garfield Barwick) was suffering from “Indonesiaphobia,” the English-language daily “Djakarta Mail” said today. ¶ In a strongly worded editorial the newspaper said Sir Garfield’s recent threats to Indonesia should have been made through diplomatic channels and not shouted in public. ¶ “But then, Sir Garfield is known to be suffering from Indonesiaphobia,” the newspaper said."
- "At one time there was a phobia – the Indonesia-phobia. This began long before the Confrontation. At that time, a word or a phrase borrowed from Bahasa Indonesia was not acceptable because it was Indonesian and not Malay."
- "Only a few Indonesian nationals remained in Brunei after the war. The majority—most of them Javanese labourers brought in during the Japanese period of occupation—were repatriated by the British at the end of the war. The few Indonesians left behind worked for the oil company. Even so, an Indonesia-phobia gripped the British, especially in relation to the lucrative oil industry."
- "Since you brought-up the case let me give you some small advise. Is not Indonesian people who suffered from some sort of Australiaphobia but is the other way around. It is the Australians people who suffered from Indonesiaphobia."
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Inflected Forms
Indonesia-phobia (alternative)