Afrophobia

A1F4R1O1P3H4O1B3I1A1

noun

Fear, hate, or dislike of Africans and African descendants.

OriginEnglish Afro- ← Latin Āfrī →
Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounAfrophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFear, hate, or dislike of Africans and African descendants.

    1998 (Mar 30), Christopher Ogden, "Good Will Bill", Time 151 (13) https://web.archive.org/web/20000816215306/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/int/980330/africa.good_will_bill.at20.html The Somalia debacle prompted a fresh bout of Afrophobia in Washington.

    1 more example

    Individuals who suffer from Afrophobia often avoid facing this fear by ignoring Africa, its culture, and its people.

    1986, Carlton W. Molette, Barbara J. Molette, Black Theatre: premise and presentation, page 35

Origin

  1. LatinĀfrī
  2. EnglishAfro-
  3. EnglishAfrophobia

From Afro- + -phobia.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French afrophobie
  • afrophobiethe fear, hate or dislike of Africans
German Afrophobie
  • Afrophobiethe fear, hate or dislike of Africans
Portuguese afrofobia
  • afrofobiathe fear, hate or dislike of Africans
Russian афрофо́бия
  • афрофо́бия (afrofóbija)the fear, hate or dislike of Africans
Spanish afrofobia
  • afrofobiathe fear, hate or dislike of Africans
Swedish afrofobi
  • afrofobithe fear, hate or dislike of Africans
Cite this entry
APA

Afrophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrophobia

MLA

“Afrophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Afrophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrophobia.

Source: Afrophobia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.