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anti-Catholicism en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + Catholicism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Fear or hatred of Catholics.
   • Historian Arthur Schlesinger Sr. called anti-Catholicism “the deepest-held bias in the history of the American people.” 2016 March 1, Maureen Mullarkey, “Why Anti-Catholicism Will Rise”, in The Federalist:
   • Progressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US, but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was president. 2015 September 12, Rory Carroll, “America's dark and not-very-distant history of hating Catholics”, in The Guardian:
   • The matter of anti-Catholicism in Scotland is usually guaranteed to spark fierce debate. 2013 June 2, “Scotland has an issue with anti-Catholicism. That's a fact ... and we have to face it”, in The Herald:

Hypernyms

religism · ism · religionism

Relateds

anticatholic

Synonyms

antipapalism · antipapism · Romaphobia · antipopery

Translations (1)

pl antykatolicyzm (Translations)