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xenophobia

[ zen-uh-foh-bee-uh, zee-nuh- ]

noun

  1. an aversion or hostility to, disdain for, or fear of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers:

    Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.

  2. fear or dislike of the customs, dress, etc., of people who are culturally different from oneself:

    Learning a foreign language can help to overcome xenophobia.



xenophobia

/ ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə /

noun

  1. hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


xenophobia

  1. An unreasonable fear, distrust, or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or anything perceived as foreign or different.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌxenoˈphobic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • xen·o·pho·bic adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of xenophobia1

First recorded in 1890–95; xeno- “foreign, strange” + -phobia “fear”
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Example Sentences

We have been looking not only into whether a tweet is true or not, but also into whether it’s spreading panic, or it is promoting bad cure, or xenophobia, racism.

Once here, professional bona fides insulated the first generation from some xenophobia.

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After all, the United States has a long and ugly history of scapegoating racial and ethnic groups for diseases in ways that are used to justify xenophobia.

He also discusses the xenophobia and racism that he and other detainees experienced from guards at the Bossier Parish Medium Security Facility in Plain Dealing, La.

What makes the show truly compelling is its subtle commentary on race and xenophobia.

These groups are generally united in their thuggery and xenophobia.

Since then, a bitter xenophobia has emerged in Odessa just as it has in cities across eastern Ukraine.

We will give up and stop any manifestations of chauvinism and xenophobia.

Pakistan needs a change of direction away from the xenophobia and paranoia fed by its controlling army.

Violent xenophobia and bigotry are just part of the conversation.

What in the West they esteem as national sentiment, in the East they consider xenophobia.'

This intuition, it seems, is based less on statistics than on plain old xenophobia.

This xenophobia is a remarkably constant feature of eighteenth-century satire on "taste."

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