islamophobia

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noun

Fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.

Similar
MuslimophobiaMuslimphobia
OriginAncient Greek φόβος (phóbos) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos →
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Meanings

islamophobia1

nounislamophobia (usually uncountable, plural islamophobias)

plural islamophobias

  1. uncountableusuallyAlternative letter-case form of Islamophobia.

Islamophobia2

nounIslamophobia (usually uncountable, plural Islamophobias)

plural Islamophobias · alternative islamophobia · alternative Islamaphobia

  1. uncountableusuallyFear 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

    Synonyms: Muslimophobia, Muslimphobia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.

Similar
MuslimophobiaMuslimphobia
Also see
islamomisiamuslimphobia

Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
  7. Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
  8. EnglishIslamophobia

From Islamo- + -phobia. Attested since the 1920s, but popularized by a 1976 article by Georges Chahati Anawati.

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Translations

Afrikaans islamofobie
  • islamofobiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Arabic رُهَاب الْإِسْلَام, إِسْلَامُوفُوبِيَا
  • رُهَاب الْإِسْلَام (ruhāb al-ʔislām)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • إِسْلَامُوفُوبِيَا (ʔislāmufūbiyā)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Bulgarian ислямофо́бия
  • ислямофо́бия (isljamofóbija)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Catalan islamofòbia
  • islamofòbiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Chinese Mandarin 伊斯蘭恐懼症 /伊斯兰恐惧症, 仇綠 /仇绿
  • 伊斯蘭恐懼症 /伊斯兰恐惧症 (Yīsīlán kǒngjùzhèng)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • 仇綠 /仇绿 (chóulǜ)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • 仇穆 (chóumù)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Czech islamofobie
  • islamofobiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Danish islamofobi
  • islamofobifear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Dutch islamofobie
  • islamofobiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Estonian islamofoobia
  • islamofoobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Finnish islamofobia
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
French islamophobie
  • islamophobiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
German Islamophobie, Islamhass
  • Islamophobiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • Islamhassfear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • Islamfeindlichkeitfear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • Islamfeindschaftfear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Greek ισλαμοφοβία
  • ισλαμοφοβία (islamofovía)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Hebrew אסלאמופוביה
  • אסלאמופוביהfear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Hindi इस्लामभीति
  • इस्लामभीति (islāmbhīti)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Icelandic íslamsfælni
  • íslamsfælnifear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Indonesian islamofobia
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Irish Ioslamafóibe
  • Ioslamafóibefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Italian islamofobia, antislamismo
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • antislamismofear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Japanese イスラム恐怖症
  • イスラム恐怖症 (Isuramu-kyōfushō)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Korean 이슬람 혐오증
  • 이슬람 혐오증 (Iseullam hyeomojeung)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Latvian islāmfobija
  • islāmfobijafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Lithuanian islamofobija
  • islamofobijafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Malay islamofobia
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Norwegian Bokmål islamofobi
  • islamofobifear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Persian اسلامهراسی, اسلامستیزی
  • اسلامهراسی (eslâm-harâsi)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • اسلامستیزیfear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Polish islamofobia
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Portuguese islamofobia
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Romanian islamofobie
  • islamofobiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Russian исламофо́бия
  • исламофо́бия (islamofóbija)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Slovak islamofóbie
  • islamofóbiefear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Spanish islamofobia
  • islamofobiafear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Swedish islamofobi
  • islamofobifear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Turkish islamofobi, İslamofobi
  • islamofobifear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • İslamofobifear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Ukrainian ісламофо́бія
  • ісламофо́бія (islamofóbija)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
Urdu اسلام دشمنی, اسلام ہراسی
  • اسلام دشمنی (islām-duśmanī)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims
  • اسلام ہراسی (islām-hirāsī)fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Somaliphobia
Cite this entry
APA

islamophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islamophobia

MLA

“islamophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islamophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “islamophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islamophobia.

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