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# islamophobia

«islamophobia» in Mova's school dictionary: **hatred, fear or unfair treatment of Muslims or of Islam** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Islamophobia, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Islamophobia is hatred, fear or unfair treatment of Muslims or of Islam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Ethics and citizenship lessons about prejudice and respect, news, anti-bullying talk.

### examples

- Islamophobia is a kind of prejudice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#x1)
- The school spoke out against Islamophobia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#x2)
- Calling a girl names because of her headscarf is Islamophobia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#x3)
- People of many faiths work together against Islamophobia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#x4)
- The news reported a rise in Islamophobia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#x5)
- Respect for all faiths helps stop Islamophobia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/#x6)

### note

Usually with a capital I. Similar words for other prejudices: antisemitism (against Jews), racism. Disagreeing with ideas is different from hating people.

### In the corpora

- [News reports said Islamophobia, hate against Muslims, also rose sharply after 7 October.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/27-israel-and-gaza-at-school-and-online/11/)
- [Islamophobia is fear or hatred of Muslims; most Muslims reject violence done in the name of Islam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/31-islam/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «islamophobia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islamophobia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.