oikophobia

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + -phobia. In the political sense, coined in a 2004 book by Roger Scruton.

Noun

oikophobia (uncountable)

  1. Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
  2. Dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
    • 2020, Aaron Sibarium, “The Weimarization of the American Republic”, in American Purpose, archived from the original on 28 October 2020:
      So, unlike the 60s, you have a dynamic in which both sides are behaving like radicals, in which the establishment isn’t yelling “stop,” and in which oikophobia is more evenly distributed, relative to its Boomer-era baseline.

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