English Explanatory Dictionary

Islamophilia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Love or admiration of (the values of) Islam or of Islamic civilization.

Word forms

Islamophilia

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English Islamophilia From Islamo- + -philia.

Synonyms

Muslimophilia

Antonyms

Islamophobia
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