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Islamophobia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English Islamophobia From Islamo- + -phobia. Attested since the 1920s, but popularized by a 1976 article by Georges Chahati Anawati.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.
   • No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in Islamophobia and win an election. 2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2025:

Forms

Deriveds

anti-Islamophobia

Relateds

Islamophobe · anti-Arabism · Islamophobian · Judeophobia · anti-Semitism · Islamophobism · Islamophobiac · anti-Muslimism · Christianophobia · Germanophobia · anti-Jewism · Islamophobic

Synonyms

Muslimphobia · Muslimophobia

Translations (63)

co islamufubìa (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · pl islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · pt islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · cmn 伊斯蘭恐懼症 /伊斯兰恐惧症 (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · tr islamofobi (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · et islamofoobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · sv islamofobi (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · hy իսլամաֆոբիա (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · tr İslamofobi (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · fr islamophobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ms islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · sk islamofóbie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · he אסלאמופוביה (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ca islamofòbia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · de Islamfeindlichkeit (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · id islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · el ισλαμοφοβία (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · sh исламофобија (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ka ისლამოფობია (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · af islamofobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · fi islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ja イスラム恐怖症 (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ar إِسْلَامُوفُوبِيَا (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · be ісламафо́бія (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · sh islamofobija (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · de Islamophobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · sco Islamophobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · lt islamofobija (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · cmn 仇綠 /仇绿 (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · nl islamofobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · cs islamofobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · it islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · es islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · cmn 仇穆 (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · sl islamofobija (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · fa اسلامستیزی (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ru исламофо́бия (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · lv islāmfobija (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · gl islamofobia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ur اسلام دشمنی (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · is íslamsfælni (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · nn islamofobi (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ko 이슬람 혐오증 (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · co islamufubia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · oc islamofòbia (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ar رُهَاب الْإِسْلَام (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · mk исламофо́бија (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · uk ісламофо́бія (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · hi इस्लामभीति (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · az islamofobiya (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ro islamofobie (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · kk ислам фобиясы (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ga Ioslamafóibe (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · it antislamismo (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ur اسلام ہراسی (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · de Islamhass (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · de Islamfeindschaft (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · hy իսլամատյացություն (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · bg ислямофо́бия (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · da islamofobi (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · fa اسلامهراسی (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · nb islamofobi (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims) · ary إسلاموفوبيا (fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims)