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globophobia

globophobia noun: fear or dislike of globalization.

Noun

globophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear or dislike of globalization.
    • Although some have dismissed such fears as “globophobia”, globalization has come under greater critical public scrutiny.2003, Albrecht Schnabel, Jan Aart Scholte, Civil Society and Global Finance, →ISBN, page 252
    • People are dangerously suffering from globophobia says a senior floor trader in New York.2005, Human Rights in a Developing Society, →ISBN, page 25
  2. Extreme fear of balloons.
    • But globophobia (fear of balloons), lutraphobia (fear of otters) and octophobia (fear of the figure eight), are a little harder to understand.2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail
    • “You see,” replied Mull, “Scornsbury is a very talented writer—very talented. However, he suffers from globophobia.” “Globophobia?” “Yes, globophobia—an extreme fear of balloons.”2012, Deron R. Hicks, Secrets of Shakespeare's Grave: The Shakespeare Mysteries, →ISBN, page 85

globophobia meaning in Tamil

globophobia in Tamil

உலகமயவெருளி, வளிப்பை வெருளி

Examples of globophobia in a sentence

  • Discourses of globalization initially were polarized into pro or con “globophilia” that celebrates globalization contrasted to globophobia that attacks it.2007, Ino Rossi, Frontiers of Globalization Research, →ISBN:
  • Those who can be said to suffer from globophobia include those who adopt both far right and far left political positions.2008, George Ritzer, The Blackwell Companion to Globalization, →ISBN, page 16:
  • I mean, I don't have globophobia, which is fear of balloons, and I don't have megaglobophobia, which is fear of really big balloons..."2012, Suzanne Selfors, Smells Like Pirates, →ISBN:
  • That was all I needed to hear. […] I didn't think the fear of balloons was a real affliction until I wandered across globophobia in my research.2013, Rodney Curtis, Getting Laid (Off), →ISBN:

Origin of globophobia

From Latin globus (“sphere”) + -o- + -phobia, equivalent to globe + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about globophobia

What does globophobia mean?
Globophobia means fear or dislike of globalization.
What is globophobia in Tamil?
Globophobia in Tamil is உலகமயவெருளி, வளிப்பை வெருளி. See Globophobia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use globophobia in a sentence?
Discourses of globalization initially were polarized into pro or con “globophilia” that celebrates globalization contrasted to globophobia that attacks it.
What part of speech is globophobia?
Globophobia is a noun.

Words near globophobia in the dictionary

  1. globoids
  2. globomycin
  3. globophilia
  4. globophobe
  5. globophobes
  6. globophobia
  7. globophobic
  8. globorotalid
  9. globorotalids
  10. globorotaliid
  11. globorotaliids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: globophobia (page history and authors); globophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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