Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

islamophobic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: is-lam-o-pho-bic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Islamophobic.

Example Sentences

"They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign."

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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English Islamophobic From Islamo- + -phobic.

Inflected Forms

more Islamophobic (comparative) most Islamophobic (superlative) Islamaphobic (alternative, misspelling)

Derived Forms

Islamophobically

Phrases

anti-Islamophobic

Frequently Paired Words

Islamophobe Islamophobia Islamosceptic Christianophobic Judeophobic

Synonyms

anti-Muslim Muslimophobic

Antonyms

Islamophilic

Questions

What does islamophobic mean?: Having a fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.
Where does islamophobic 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English Islamophobic From Islamo- + -phobic.

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