Gingerphobia

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fear, dislike, or hatred of people with red hair. UK, informal, uncountable

    "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"."

Synonyms

All synonyms
gingerismgingerism

Example

More examples

"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"."

Etymology

From ginger + -phobia.

Related phrases

red hair

More for "gingerphobia"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.