English

Noun

gingerphobia ‎(uncountable)

1. (Britain) Fear, dislike, or hatred of people with red hair.
   • 2005, Ian Bell, "Those who pay the PR rarely get to call a tune as perfect as this one", The Herald (Glasgow), 22 July 2005:

     Last night, Tate staged a nice running gag on racism by creating a world in which the majority had an irrational hatred of "gingers", meaning redheads. Women of that persuasion were forced to hide from gingerphobia in Russet Lodge, a "ginger refuge".

   • 2007, "Genetics Gets to the Roots of Why It Is Better to Be Red Than Dead in Cold Climates", Cape Times (South Africa), 9 August 2007:

     There is a phenomenon called "gingerism" (prejudices against red-headed people) and "gingerphobia" (fear of red-headedness) in Scotland today.

   • 2013, Ed West, "Why is gingerism so common in Britain?", The Telegraph, 9 January 2013:

     Although Western civilisation needs new categories of thought-crime like a hole in the head, the idea of gingerphobia as a hate crime is probably no more absurd than many other categories.

Synonyms

• gingerism