gingerphobia

English

Etymology

ginger +‎ -phobia

Noun

gingerphobia (uncountable)

1. (UK, informal) Fear, dislike, or hatred of people with red hair.
   • 2005 July 22, Ian Bell, “Those who pay the PR rarely get to call a tune as perfect as this one”, in The Herald, Glasgow:

     Last night, Tate staged a nice running gag on racism by creating a world in which the majority had an irrational hatred of "gingers", meaning redheads. Women of that persuasion were forced to hide from gingerphobia in Russet Lodge, a "ginger refuge".

   • 2007 August 9, “Genetics Gets to the Roots of Why It Is Better to Be Red Than Dead in Cold Climates”, in Cape Times, South Africa:

     There is a phenomenon called "gingerism" (prejudices against red-headed people) and "gingerphobia" (fear of red-headedness) in Scotland today.

   • 2013 January 9, Ed West, “Why is gingerism so common in Britain?”, in The Telegraph:

     Although Western civilisation needs new categories of thought-crime like a hole in the head, the idea of gingerphobia as a hate crime is probably no more absurd than many other categories.

Synonyms

• gingerism