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Latinophobia

Latinophobia noun: fear or hatred of Latinos.

Noun (1)

Latinophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear or hatred of Latinos.
    • California is a state that generates a lot of tension around educational reform — a tension that can be traced largely to Latinophobia.2002, Lourdes Diaz Soto, Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/bicultural Children
    • Whereas the glamour media adore their royal family of "Hispanic" luminaries, popular news outlets are, as ever, feverishly stoking anti-immigrant sentiment and Latinophobia.2005, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, John M. Nieto-Phillips, Interpreting Spanish Colonialism: Empires, Nations, and Legends, UNM Press, →ISBN, page 253

Noun (2)

Latinophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear or hatred of Latin.
    • [...] Latin is no longer necessary to the higher culture of our race. The best medicine for this phase of Latinophobia is a little Sunday School lesson in St. Paul, 1 Cor. XV. 35, where the great apostle and scholar illustrates the difference between [...]1919, The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia, page 227

Origin of Latinophobia

From Latino- + -phobia.

From Latin + -o- + -phobia.

Words formed from Latinophobia

Questions about Latinophobia

What does Latinophobia mean?
Latinophobia means fear or hatred of Latinos.
What part of speech is Latinophobia?
Latinophobia is a noun.

Words near Latinophobia in the dictionary

  1. Latinoness
  2. Latinophile
  3. Latinophiles
  4. Latinophobe
  5. Latinophobes
  6. Latinophobia
  7. Latinophobic
  8. Latinophone
  9. Latinophones
  10. latinos
  11. Latinos/as

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