romaphobia

/ˌɹoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

Etymology

From Roma + -phobia. Late 20th century. Before that, its synonyms were the usual words for the referent.

noun

  1. Fear, dislike, or hate of Roma people.
  2. Fear, dislike, or hate of Roman Catholicism.“There lurks, we fear, the old Protestant Romaphobia, which will not allow him to speak boldly on the subject. If we really believe that our LORD gave power to remit sins to His Apostles, can we for a moment doubt that when a priest is ordained by the very same form of words which our LORD used in conferring this power, he receives that power, too? or shall we believe that every bishop performs a s”