religiophobia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin religiō (“moral obligation, worship”) and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Noun
[edit]religiophobia (uncountable)
- A fear or hatred of religion, religious faith, religious people or religious organisations.
- 1937, A Chakravarti, Humanism and Indian Thought, G.S. Press, page 2:
- Hence it is not necessary for the scientists to develop a sort of religiophobia nor is it necessary for the religious man to develop an attitude of suspicion against science.
- 1997, Jim Sleeper, Liberal Racism:
- Racial groupthink and "religiophobia"...
- 2003, Ethan Walker, The Mystic Christ:
- In fact he reverses the issue of religiophobia by stating flatly that those who are not against him are for him!
- 1937, A Chakravarti, Humanism and Indian Thought, G.S. Press, page 2:
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]Fear of religion or the religious
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