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Francophobia

//ˈfɹæŋ.kəˈfoʊ.bi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The hatred or fear of France, its people and culture. uncountable
  2. 2
    The hatred or fear of the presence of the French language and its native speakers. uncountable

    "Today, francophobia has donned new clothes: those of populism. Under the simplistic discourse of budgetary rigour, deficit reduction, and common sense, the new populist apostles see bilingualism not as an advantage but as a frill … In times like these, one may only remember the cri du coeur launched in 1913 by Franco-Ontarians against those who sought to strip their children’s access to French-language education — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-francophobia-is-donning-new-populist-clothes-in-canada"

Etymology

From Franco- + -phobia.

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