Negrophobia

English

Alternative forms

• negrophobia

Etymology

From Negro +‎ -phobia.

Noun

Negrophobia (uncountable)

1. (somewhat derogatory) The fear, hate, or dislike of black people of any descent, usually Africans.
   • 2007 April 14, Ed Vulliamy, quoting Paul Gilroy, “Absolute MacInnes”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     ‘But,’ says Gilroy, ‘negrophilia and negrophobia can be intertwined. [Colin] MacInnes seems to have imprisoned black people in his exotic conceptions of their blackness. […] ’

Synonyms

• Blackophobia
• melanophobia

Antonyms

• negrophilia

Related terms

• Afrophobia
• Negrophobe

Translations

the fear, hate or dislike of black people

• Afrikaans: negerphobie f
• Arabic: رُهَاب الزُنُوج (ruhāb az-zunūj)
• French: négrophobie (fr) f
• German: Negrophobie f
• Hungarian: négergyűlölet
• Japanese: 黒人恐怖症 (kokujin kyōfushō), ニグロフォビア (nigurofobia)
• Korean: 흑인혐오 (heuginhyeomo)
• Portuguese: negrofobia (pt) f
• Russian: негрофо́бия (ru) f (negrofóbija)
• Spanish: negrofobia (es) f

Anagrams

• borophagine