Glottophobia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    linguistic xenophobia, linguicism; discrimination against people based on their native language or dialect. uncountable

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linguicism

Etymology

From glotto- + -phobia, derived from the French word French glottophobie, which was defined by Philippe Blanchet in 2008.

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