Anti-Somali sentiment or Somalophobia refers to fear, hostility, or other negative attitudes towards Somalis or Somali culture.

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Anti-Somali sentiment is sometimes referred to by the countable sense Somaliphobe or the uncountable sense of Somaliphobia,^[1] or Somaliphobic sentiment.^[2] The antonym and opposite sentiment is referred to by the countable sense Somaliphile, or its uncountable equivalent of Somaliphilia.^[3]

The 2000s and early 2010s saw major sporadic outbreaks of violence against Somali shopkeepers in South Africa. This violence has been attributed to jealousy over the success of Somali businesses, and ethnic tensions.^[4] However, some writers have attributed such hostility to a wider xenophobia, since other non-South Africa Africans were targeted as well.^[2] Somaliphobia has also been reported in Kenya during their invasion into Jubbaland in 2011.^[1]

There are also some pejorative terms that serve to dehumanize Somalis. The term skinnie became popularized with the film Black Hawk Down. The term has been said to allude to reducing Somalis to their humanitarian struggles^[12] and National Public Radio has suggested that its usage deprives Somalis of their own point of view.^[13] The term Abdi is also sometimes pejoratively used to refer to male Somalis.^[14] The Associated Press's stylebook suggested that Somali is the correct demonym or adjective, rather than Somalian.^[15]

• Zoomalia – a combination of two words "Zoo" and "Somalia", which is used to compare Somalia as a tribal, uncivilised animalistic country.^[16]

• Afrophobia
• Anti-Arabism