Latinophobia

Latinophobia

English

Etymology 1

Latino- +‎ -phobia

Noun

Latinophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear or hatred of Latinos.
   • 2002, Lourdes Diaz Soto, Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/bicultural Children:

     California is a state that generates a lot of tension around educational reform — a tension that can be traced largely to Latinophobia.

   • 2005, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, John M. Nieto-Phillips, Interpreting Spanish Colonialism: Empires, Nations, and Legends, UNM Press (→ISBN), page 253:

     Whereas the glamour media adore their royal family of "Hispanic" luminaries, popular news outlets are, as ever, feverishly stoking anti-immigrant sentiment and Latinophobia.

   • 2010, Harold Joseph Recinos, Hugo Magallanes, Jesus in the Hispanic Community: Images of Christ from Theology to Popular Religion, Westminster John Knox Press (→ISBN):

     In response to the Latinophobia overtaking the country, Latino/a immigrants and citizens marched on April 10, 2006, in cities all around the country in defense of immigrants' rights.

Derived terms

• Latinophobe
• Latinophobic

Etymology 2

Latin +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia

Noun

Latinophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear or hatred of Latin.
   • 1919, The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia, page 227:

     [...] Latin is no longer necessary to the higher culture of our race. The best medicine for this phase of Latinophobia is a little Sunday School lesson in St. Paul, 1 Cor. XV. 35, where the great apostle and scholar illustrates the difference between [...]