Anti-Catalan sentiment
Anti-Catalan sentiment is hostility, prejudice, or opposition directed at Catalan people, language, culture, or political identity.
Nueva Planta decrees: A set of early eighteenth-century Spanish royal decrees that abolished the institutions and laws of several Crown of Aragon territories. They curtailed Catalan institutions and public use of Catalan after the War of the Spanish Succession.
Catalan language: A Romance language spoken chiefly in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and nearby areas. Restrictions on Catalan use are among the clearest ways anti-Catalan sentiment affects daily life.
Catalan independence movement: Political movements seeking independence or greater sovereignty for Catalonia. Opposition to these movements can be political disagreement, but may also be expressed through anti-Catalan prejudice.
Catalan identity: A collective identity associated with Catalonia's language, culture, history, and political community. Hostility toward Catalan distinctiveness can strengthen identity claims as well as deepen social divisions.
Spanish nationalism: A political movement and identity centered on the unity and sovereignty of Spain. Centralizing versions have often treated Catalan distinctiveness as a challenge to national unity.
Language policy: Laws and institutional practices that shape which languages are taught, used, or recognized. Disputes over Catalan schooling and public administration turn attitudes into rules and practices.
Anti-Spanish sentiment: Hostility, prejudice, or opposition directed at Spanish people, language, culture, or political identity. It is a related but distinct form of hostility, sometimes invoked in reciprocal accusations.
Language shift: The process by which a community increasingly uses one language instead of another across generations. Pressure against Catalan can affect whether families and institutions transmit it to younger generations.
Renaixença: A nineteenth-century Catalan cultural revival that renewed literary use of the Catalan language. Its revival of Catalan culture emerged amid pressures favoring Spanish linguistic and cultural uniformity.
Linguistic discrimination: Unequal treatment based on a person's language or language use. It captures prejudice directed at Catalan speakers in workplaces, services, or public settings.