Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latinophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: latino-pho-bia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear or hatred of Latinos.

Uncountable

noun

Fear or hatred of Latin.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"California is a state that generates a lot of tension around educational reform — a tension that can be traced largely to Latinophobia."
"Whereas the glamour media adore their royal family of "Hispanic" luminaries, popular news outlets are, as ever, feverishly stoking anti-immigrant sentiment and Latinophobia."
"In response to the Latinophobia overtaking the country, Latino/a immigrants and citizens marched on April 10, 2006, in cities all around the country in defense of immigrants' rights."
"[...] Latin is no longer necessary to the higher culture of our race. The best medicine for this phase of Latinophobia is a little Sunday School lesson in St. Paul, 1 Cor. XV. 35, where the great apostle and scholar illustrates the difference between [...]"

Etymology

From Latino- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Latino, Latin
Suffix: phobia, -o-

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Latinophobe Latinophobic

Questions

What does latinophobia mean?: Fear or hatred of Latinos.
Where does latinophobia come from?: From Latino- + -phobia.

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