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Zionophobia

Zionophobia noun: an irrational fear, hatred, or prejudice against Zionism.

Noun

Zionophobia (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) An irrational fear, hatred, or prejudice against Zionism.
    • peculiar brood, happily few, which is infected with a peculiar form of rabies which may be termed "Zionophobia," nor yet, that smaller, ever dwindling, number whose only chance in the lime-light is by way of bitter, slanderous denunciations[1919, Zionist Organization of America, Annual Convention, Volume 22, page 27
    • So far, in fact, that the pitiful few within Reform who are afflicted with Zionophobia have found it necessary to cling with frantic compulsion to the rigid patterns of their past.1952, Eugene Kohn, Ira Eisenstein (editors), Mordecai M. Kaplan, An Evaluation, page 238

Origin of Zionophobia

From Zion + -o- + -phobia. First use appears c. 1919. See cite below.

Words formed from Zionophobia

Questions about Zionophobia

What does Zionophobia mean?
Zionophobia means an irrational fear, hatred, or prejudice against Zionism.
What part of speech is Zionophobia?
Zionophobia is a noun.

Words near Zionophobia in the dictionary

  1. Zionizes
  2. Zionizing
  3. Zionless
  4. Zionophobe
  5. Zionophobes
  6. Zionophobia
  7. Zionophobic
  8. zions
  9. Zionsville
  10. Zionward
  11. Zionwards

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