Meanings
- uncountablePrejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Sunnis
the secularism of the Ba'ath and the supposed anti-Sunnism of Hafiz alAssad
2013, Raphael Lefevre, Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria - Page 722 more examples
His strident anti-Sunnism roused the Sunnis in Afghanistan to action that eventually led to the overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and the coming to power of a Sunni Afghan in Iran.
2004, Phyllis Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia - Page 533His emphasis on the plight of the Mustaz'afin or “miserable ones” belonged to the realm of economics and anti-imperialism, not to the realm of religion and anti-Sunnism
2011, Meir Litvak, The Sunna and Shi'a in HistorySynonyms: Sunniphobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPrejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Sunnis
Origin
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anti-Sunnism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Sunnism
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