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Cymrophobia

Cymrophobia noun: the hatred or fear of Wales, Welsh people or the Welsh language.

Noun

Cymrophobia (uncountable)

  1. The hatred or fear of Wales, Welsh people or the Welsh language.
    • Welshmen, as in this very case of Pistol versus Fluellen, do not always stand quiet to have their leeks knocked about their pates — so the angry Saxon adopts other, and perhaps safer modes of giving vent to his Cymrophobia.1864 March, “St. David's Day”, in London Society, volume 5, number 28, page 221
    • Paradoxically, while most immigrants of other ethnic origins are welcomed and proud to be "British", Cymrophobia still persists hundreds of years after the Anglo-Saxons labelled the original Britons as "Welch", or foreigners.2006 April 11, Glynne Rowlands, “Letters: Touchy about Cymrophobia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian

Origin of Cymrophobia

From Cymro- + -phobia.

Questions about Cymrophobia

What does Cymrophobia mean?
Cymrophobia means the hatred or fear of Wales, Welsh people or the Welsh language.
What part of speech is Cymrophobia?
Cymrophobia is a noun.

Words near Cymrophobia in the dictionary

  1. Cymrics
  2. cymrite
  3. cymrites
  4. Cymro-
  5. Cymro-Norman
  6. Cymrophobia
  7. Cymrophone
  8. Cymrophones
  9. Cymru
  10. Cymry
  11. cymserine

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