Meanings
- uncountableDislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
So, unlike the 60s, you have a dynamic in which both sides are behaving like radicals, in which the establishment isn’t yelling “stop,” and in which oikophobia is more evenly distributed, relative to its Boomer-era baseline.
2020 October 26, Aaron Sibarium, “The Weimarization of the American Republic”, in American Purpose, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekοἶκος
- Englishoikophobia
From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + -phobia. In the political sense, coined in a 1993 journal article by Roger Scruton.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
oikophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oikophobia
“oikophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oikophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oikophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oikophobia.
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