ethnophaulism

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Coined by American psychologist Abraham Aaron Roback in 1944 from ethno- + Ancient Greek φαύλισμα (phaúlisma, “disparagement, contempt”), which is from φαῦλος (phaûlos, “bad, unjust”).

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: etnofaulismus — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided
• French: ethnophaulisme — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided
• German: Ethnophaulismus — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided
• Greek: εθνοφαυλισμός (ethnofavlismós) — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided
• Russian: этнофоли́зм (etnofolízm) — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided
• Spanish: etnofaulismo — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided
• Uzbek: etnofolizm — ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided