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xenophobia

(zenəfoʊbiə)
uncountable noun
Xenophobia is strong and unreasonable dislike or fear of people from other countries.
[formal]
Synonyms: racism, nationalism, bigotry, isolationism More Synonyms of xenophobia

xenophobia in British English

(ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə) or xenophoby (ˈzɛnəˌfəʊbɪ)
noun
hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture
Derived forms
xenophobic (ˌxenoˈphobic)
adjective

xenophobia in American English

(ˌzɛnoʊˈfoʊbiə; ˌzɛnəˈfoʊbiə; ˌzinoˈfoʊbiə; ˌzinəˈfoʊbiə)
noun
fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything foreign or strange
Derived forms
xenophobe (ˈxenoˌphobe) (ˌzɛnoʊˌfoʊb; ˌzɛnəˌfoʊb; ˌzinoˌfoʊb; ˌzinəˌfoʊb)
noun
xenophobic (ˌxenoˈphobic) (ˌzɛnoʊˈfoʊbɪk; ˌzɛnəˈfoʊbɪk; ˌzinoˈfoʊbɪk; ˌzinəˈfoʊbɪk)
adjective
Word origin
ModL: see xeno- & -phobia

Examples of 'xenophobia' in a sentence
xenophobia

The document condemned xenophobia and nationalism.
Christianity Today (2000)
This path treads a thin line, as history should remind us, between economic nationalism and xenophobia.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Word lists with
xenophobia

phobia

In other languages
xenophobia

British English: xenophobia NOUN
Xenophobia is strong and unreasonable dislike or fear of people from other countries.
...a just and tolerant society which rejects xenophobia and racism.
  • American English: xenophobia
  • Brazilian Portuguese: xenofobia
  • Chinese: 排外情绪
  • European Spanish: xenofobia
  • French: xénophobie
  • German: Fremdenfeindlichkeit
  • Italian: xenofobia
  • Japanese: 外国人嫌い
  • Korean: 외국인 혐오
  • European Portuguese: xenofobia
  • Latin American Spanish: xenofobia

(noun) 
Definition
hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers
a wave of xenophobia
Synonyms
racism
The party is pandering to racism.
nationalism
an uprising of nationalism and ethnic quarrels
bigotry
He deplored religious bigotry.
isolationism
racial hatred
ethnocentrism
jingoism
an outpouring of militaristic jingoism
racialism
racial intolerance
ethnocentricity

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bigotry
He deplored religious bigotry.
Synonyms
intolerance,
discrimination,
racism,
prejudice,
bias,
ignorance,
injustice,
sexism,
unfairness,
xenophobia,
chauvinism,
fanaticism,
sectarianism,
jingoism,
racialism,
dogmatism,
faith hate,
provincialism,
narrow-mindedness,
mindlessness,
pig-ignorance (slang),
illiberality
in the sense of jingoism
Definition
excessive and aggressive patriotism
an outpouring of militaristic jingoism
Synonyms
chauvinism,
bigotry,
xenophobia,
flag-waving (informal),
belligerence,
insularity,
hawkishness
in the sense of nationalism
Definition
a policy of national independence
an uprising of nationalism and ethnic quarrels
Synonyms
separatism,
independence,
isolationism,
xenophobia

Nearby words of
xenophobia

  • wrought-up
  • wry
  • X-ray
  • xenophobia
  • xenophobic
  • Xerox
  • Xmas

Synonyms of 'xenophobia'

xenophobia

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