anti-Catholic

British  

adjective

1. opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Roman Catholic Church

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noun

1. someone opposed to the Roman Catholic Church and its adherents

   he called him an anti-Catholic

Other Word Forms

• anti-Catholicism noun

Example Sentences

By the 1840s, anti-Catholic nativists insisted that the foreign-born should likewise be excluded, or at least compelled to wait longer than the customary five years of residency before earning voting rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“The Catholic organizations that are demonizing the Sisters and saying that they are somehow hateful or anti-Catholic have it completely backwards,” Wiener said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023

On Thursday, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence said the group wasn’t anti-Catholic, and its members were offended and outraged by the Dodgers’ decision.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2023

It isn’t anti-Catholic, anti-parents or anti-anything except spies, terrorists and organized crime.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

Just as little as we find anti-Catholic, so also do we fail to discover anti-absolutist strains in Don Quixote.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich