anti-Catholicism

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ Catholicism.

Noun

anti-Catholicism (uncountable)

1. Fear or hatred of Catholics.
   • 2013 June 2, “Scotland has an issue with anti-Catholicism. That's a fact ... and we have to face it”, in The Herald‎^[1]:

     The matter of anti-Catholicism in Scotland is usually guaranteed to spark fierce debate.

   • 2015 September 12, Rory Carroll, “America's dark and not-very-distant history of hating Catholics”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Progressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US, but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was president.

   • 2016 March 1, Maureen Mullarkey, “Why Anti-Catholicism Will Rise”, in The Federalist‎^[3]:

     Historian Arthur Schlesinger Sr. called anti-Catholicism “the deepest-held bias in the history of the American people.”

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:religism

Related terms

• anticatholic
• antipapism

Translations

Translations

• Polish: antykatolicyzm m