antiziganist

comparative more antiziganist · superlative most antiziganist

1. uncommonPrejudiced against the Roma; exhibiting antiziganism.First known use 21st c.

   In other cases, particularly in Eastern European countries, old traditional antisemitic, racist and antiziganist prejudices were explicitly functionalized in order to construct scapegoats wherever and whenever needed.

   2015, Ruth Wodak, The Politics of Fear: What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean, →ISBN

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   Antiziganist policies were institutionalized in ethnically specified immigration bans that remained in force in Sweden and Denmark until 1954 and that explicit forbade the entry of 'foreign Gypsies' (zigenare) to these countries.

   2015, Johan Strang, Nordic Cooperation: A European Region in Transition, →ISBN, page 135

plural antiziganists

1. rareSomebody who discriminates against Romani people.First known use 21st c.