Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

americophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ameri-co-pho-bia
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fear or dislike of the United States of America or its culture.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1990: [Henry] James's internalised Americophobia led him to sound rather like Shaw's Professor Higgins as he lamented the indifference of the American people to the beauties of their language. — Transatlantic Manners: Social Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Travel Literature, Mulvey, Christopher, Cambridge University Press, p133"

Etymology

From Americo- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Americo
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Americanophobia

Antonyms

Americophilia Americanophilia

Questions

What does americophobia mean?: A fear or dislike of the United States of America or its culture.
Where does americophobia come from?: From Americo- + -phobia.

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