Resentment linguistics

Resentment linguistics is a common strain of linguocrankery, characterised by partial or complete rejection of mainstream linguistic science, due to its incompatibility with their political, often nationalist, ideas. Resentment linguistics can be considered a kind of conspiracy theory and shares many features with them, such as the belief that if their ideas are rejected by the scientific community, it is evidence that these ideas are true and are being "suppressed".

The term "resentment linguistics" (linguistique du ressentiment) was coined by the Swiss linguist Patrick Sériot.