Anti-French sentiment
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Francophobia''' is a consistent hostility toward the [[Government of France|government]], [[Culture of France|culture]], [[History of France|history]], or [[Demographics of France|people]] of [[France]] or the [[Francophonie]]. Its [[antonym]] is [[Francophile|francophilia]]. Contemporary prejudice against the French often derives from criticisms from the immediate post-[[World War II]] period and the way of life of the artistic and philosophic elite of the time. Although those prejudices are particularly widespread in the [[United States]] {{Fact|date=January 2007}} and [[United Kingdom]] today, Francophobia has existed in various forms and in different countries for centuries. In China, the term "Francophobia" (恐法症) was introduced in summer 2006 in the context of the eight-year standing soccer rivalry between [[Brazil]] and France by local media under its literal meaning of "Fear of the French" (''phobos'' is the Greek word for "fear"). |
+ | Some people may consider the term "Francophobia" a misnomer as "[[phobia]]" comes from the latin for "fear" while the term is used to refer to what would properly be called misogallism (from the greek "miso-" meaning hatred, and the greek "gallic", rather than the latin "franc" which would mean mixing latin and greek). | ||
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Some people may consider the term "Francophobia" a misnomer as "phobia" comes from the latin for "fear" while the term is used to refer to what would properly be called misogallism (from the greek "miso-" meaning hatred, and the greek "gallic", rather than the latin "franc" which would mean mixing latin and greek).
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