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anti-Sunnism

anti-Sunnism noun: prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Sunnis.

Noun

anti-Sunnism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Sunnis
    • the secularism of the Ba'ath and the supposed anti-Sunnism of Hafiz alAssad2013, Raphael Lefevre, Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria - Page 72
    • His strident anti-Sunnism roused the Sunnis in Afghanistan to action that eventually led to the overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and the coming to power of a Sunni Afghan in Iran.2004, Phyllis Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia - Page 533
    Synonyms:
    Sunniphobia

Synonyms of anti-Sunnism

Origin of anti-Sunnism

From anti- + Sunni + -ism.

Questions about anti-Sunnism

What does anti-Sunnism mean?
Anti-Sunnism means prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Sunnis.
What part of speech is anti-Sunnism?
Anti-Sunnism is a noun.

Words near anti-Sunnism in the dictionary

  1. anti-submarine
  2. anti-suffragism
  3. anti-suit injunction
  4. anti-suit injunctions
  5. anti-Sunni
  6. anti-Sunnism
  7. anti-Sunnite
  8. anti-Sunnites
  9. anti-supernaturalism
  10. anti-supernaturalist
  11. anti-supernaturalists

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