Indophobic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Exhibiting or relating to Indophobia. not-comparable
"The extreme Indophobic discomfort with the connection of Sanskrit with Greek and Latin was exemplified by the conviction of the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart, who, without knowing a word of the language, proposed that Sanskrit was not a cognate of Greek, it was Greek."
Example
More examples"The extreme Indophobic discomfort with the connection of Sanskrit with Greek and Latin was exemplified by the conviction of the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart, who, without knowing a word of the language, proposed that Sanskrit was not a cognate of Greek, it was Greek."
Etymology
From Indo- + -phobic.
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