Catalanophobia

English Alternative forms en catalanophobia Etymology From en Catalano phobia. Noun - en rare Dislike or hatred of the Catalan people, culture or language. en 1979 European studies review 9 15 Macmillan Villaverde's refusal to concede a concierto económico to the region, backed by a general diatribe of catalanophobia in the Madrid press, brought on a taxpayers' strike in Barcelona and throughout Catalonia, coupled with the closure of shops. en 1990 Élites and Power in Twentieth-Century Spain: Essays in Honor of Sir Raymond Carr 52 Eds. Frances Lannon and Paul Preston, Clarendon Press 9780198228806 Against a general diatribe of catalanophobia in the Madrid press, the middle classes of the Principality, represented in their guilds (gremios), retaliated by declaring a taxpayers' strike and the closure of all shops, a movement which became known as the tancament de caixes. en 2000 Joseph Harrison Tackling national decadence: economic regeneration in Spain after the colonial débâcle, Spain's 1898 Crisis: Regenerationism, Modernism, Post-Colonialism http://books.google.com/books?id=vaZb0Nw7Z8oC&pg=PA61&dq=%22Catalanophobia%22 61 Eds. Joseph Harrison and Alan Hoyle, Manchester University Press 9780719058622 Yet in a mood of catalanophobia, stirred up by sections of the Madrid press against separatist tendencies in the Principality, Catalan proposals for the economic regeneration of Spain were rejected as special pleading. Synonyms en anti-Catalanism Translations Dislike of Catalan people, culture of language Catalan: ca catalanofòbia, ca anticatalanisme French: fr catalanophobie, fr anticatalanisme Georgian: ka კატალანოფობია, ka ანტიკატალანიზმი Spanish: es catalanofobia, es anticatalanismo See also en Phobias