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islamophobia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
is-lam-o-pho-bia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Islamophobia.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English Islamophobia From Islamo- + -phobia. Attested since the 1920s, but popularized by a 1976 article by Georges Chahati Anawati.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Islamophobias (plural) Islamaphobia (alternative)

Phrases

anti-Islamophobia anti-Arabism anti-Jewism anti-Semitism anti-Muslimism

Frequently Paired Words

Islamophobe Islamophobiac Islamophobian Islamophobic Islamophobism anti-Arabism anti-Jewism anti-Semitism

Synonyms

Muslimophobia Muslimphobia

Questions

What does islamophobia mean?
Fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.
Where does islamophobia come from?
Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English Islamophobia From Islamo- + -phobia. Attested since the 1920s, but popularized by a 1976 article by Georges Chahati Anawati.

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