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Indonesiaphobia

Indonesiaphobia noun: the fear or hatred of Indonesia.

Noun

Indonesiaphobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear or hatred of Indonesia.
    • The Australian Minister for External Affairs (Sir Garfield Barwick) was suffering from “Indonesiaphobia,” the English-language daily “Djakarta Mail” said today. ¶ In a strongly worded editorial the newspaper said Sir Garfield’s recent threats to Indonesia should have been made through diplomatic...1964 March 18, “Djakarta Press: Sir Garfield Has Phobia”, in The Age, volume 110, number 33,965, Melbourne, Vic., page 4
    • At one time there was a phobia – the Indonesia-phobia. This began long before the Confrontation. At that time, a word or a phrase borrowed from Bahasa Indonesia was not acceptable because it was Indonesian and not Malay.1975, Asmah Haji Omar, “Interplay of Structural and Sociocultural Factors in the Development of the Malay Language”, in Essays on Malaysian Linguistics, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →OCLC...

Forms of Indonesiaphobia

alternative formIndonesia-phobia

Origin of Indonesiaphobia

From Indonesia + -phobia.

Questions about Indonesiaphobia

What does Indonesiaphobia mean?
Indonesiaphobia means the fear or hatred of Indonesia.
What part of speech is Indonesiaphobia?
Indonesiaphobia is a noun.

Words near Indonesiaphobia in the dictionary

  1. Indonesianizing
  2. Indonesianness
  3. Indonesians
  4. Indonesiaphile
  5. Indonesiaphiles
  6. Indonesiaphobia
  7. Indonesio-
  8. Indons
  9. indoor
  10. indoor baseball
  11. indoor lacrosse

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