oikophobia
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + -phobia. In the political sense, coined in a 2004 book by Roger Scruton.
Noun edit
oikophobia (uncountable)
- Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
- Dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
- 2020, Aaron Sibarium, “The Weimarization of the American Republic”, in American Purpose[1], 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.