xenophoben.adj.
/ˈzɛnəfəʊb/, U.S. /ˈzɛnəˌfoʊb/, /ˈzinəˌfoʊb/ A. n.
A person who has a dislike of or prejudice towards people, cultures, and customs that are foreign, or perceived as foreign; a xenophobic person.
ΘΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > fear or dislike of other nations > [noun] > person
misoxene1883
seclusionist1887
xenophobe1891
1891 Daily News 26 Mar. 5/1 There is a wider field for satire in the behaviour of Xenophobes, who wherever they wander say ‘for all we can see foreigners is mostly fools.’
1922 Times 17 May 17/6 The Afghans are said to be suspicious of foreigners, even to be xenophobes: and there is much to support the charge.
1995 Independent on Sunday 8 Oct. 20/6 These ‘strong’ and ‘young’ metaphors are designed to sound like Union-Jack nationalism, reassuring the wavering jingo or xenophobe.
B. adj.
Having a dislike of or prejudice towards people, cultures, and customs that are foreign, or perceived as foreign; xenophobic.
ΘΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > fear or dislike of other nations > [adjective]
xenophobe1904
xenophobic1904
1904 Edinb. Evening News 10 Dec. 6/6 I scarcely believe in the imminence of the xenophobe movement of which you speak, but I acknowledge that the hatred of the Chinese for you is intense.
1956 A. Werth France 1940–1955 vi. ii. 687 A progressive nationalist party which was, fundamentally, less hostile to the French, and less Pan-Arab and xenophobe than the more extreme nationalists in Algeria and Tunisia.
2010 Daily News of Los Angeles (Nexis) 27 Apr. a6 Buying into the ugly stereotype of undocumented immigrants to buy the vote of his xenophobe constituents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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