Celtophobia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Celto- +‎ -phobia. Attested since the 19th century.

Noun[edit]

Celtophobia (uncountable)

  1. Hatred against Celtic peoples.
    • 1897, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology:
      But it is the hard fate of those who stand on the side of the party of prejudice; and I have seen Celtophobia developed by contagion in men who once seemed incapable of it.