Francophobia

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈfɹæŋ.kəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

Noun

Francophobia (uncountable)

1. The hatred or fear of France, its people and culture.
2. The hatred or fear of the presence of the French language and its native speakers.
   • Today, francophobia has donned new clothes: those of populism. Under the simplistic discourse of budgetary rigour, deficit reduction, and common sense, the new populist apostles see bilingualism not as an advantage but as a frill [...] In times like these, one may only remember the cri du coeur launched in 1913 by Franco-Ontarians against those who sought to strip their children’s access to French-language education — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-francophobia-is-donning-new-populist-clothes-in-canada

Synonyms

• Gallophobia, gallophobia

Antonyms

• Francophilia, francophilia
• Gallophilia, gallophilia

Related terms

• France
• Francophobe, francophobe
• Francophobiac, francophobiac
• Francophobic, francophobic

Translations

• French: francophobie
• German: Frankophobie, Franzosenhass, (old spelling) Franzosenhaß, Franzosenfeindlichkeit, Gallophobie
• Portuguese: francofobia
• Russian: франкофобия

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