This paper deals with the fear of language changes that arises as a consequence of the ideology of the standard language. In the introductory part of the paper, the question of the position of the vernacular in the era of standard languages is opened, but the basic tasks of the language are also emphasized. Also, the introduction addresses the increasingly frequent polemics about the dynamics of language changes that arise as a fear of losing the national language, which can possibly shake the national identity as well. In the first chapter, the concepts of prescriptivism and descriptivism are defined and the primary task of linguistics is emphasized. The second chapter talks about language changes. However, the aim of the chapter is to give an insight into the position of anglicisms (which we find in all languages of the world as a result of linguistic globalization), in the Croatian language, but also in the Scandinavian languages. The third chapter provides an insight into linguistic diversity and stratification, from territorial to individual. The fourth chapter provides the redefinition and characteristics of the standard language, and then gives a critical view of the ideology of the standard language, which brings with it a number of negative consequences. One of the main negative aspects is the discrimination of vernaculars. At the end of the fourth chapter, the question of how much and how it is necessary to standardize the language in today's society is discussed. The paper ends with a discussion of the need to de-radicalize the explicit norm in order to create as few linguistic prejudices as possible, which would ultimately result in a reduction of the fear of glottophobia.