Meanings
- uncountableFear or hatred of Catholics.
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 Herald2 more examples
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 GuardianHistorian 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 FederalistSynonyms: Romaphobia, antipapism, antipopery, antipapalism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear or hatred of Catholics.
Origin
Translations
Polish antykatolicyzm
- antykatolicyzmTranslations
Cite this entry
anti-Catholicism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Catholicism
“anti-Catholicism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Catholicism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-Catholicism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Catholicism.
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