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noun, feminine

glottophobie

/ɡlɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi/

noun, feminine/ɡlɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi/plural: glottophobies

glottophobia, linguicism, discrimination based on language, dialect or regional accent

Accent moqué par Mélenchon : une députée LaREM propose une loi contre la «glottophobie»Accent mocked by Mélenchon: a LaREM MP proposes a law against “glottophobia”

Coined in 2008 by sociolinguist Philippe Blanchet. Compound of glotto- + -phobie, from Attic Greek γλῶττα (glôtta), a form of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language”).