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(zenəfoʊbɪk)
adjective
If you describe someone as xenophobic, you disapprove of them because they show strong dislike or fear of people from other countries.
[formal, disapproval]
Xenophobic nationalism is on the rise.
Stalin was obsessively xenophobic.
Synonyms: racist, nationalist, bigoted, parochial More Synonyms of xenophobic

Examples of 'xenophobic' in a sentence
xenophobic

Some people say it shows a xenophobic party, at war with diversity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The people in here are not the ones doing the xenophobic violence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some of those he encountered expressed strongly xenophobic views as the cameras rolled.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
South African ministers appeared determined to play down warnings of xenophobic violence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
xenophobic

British English: xenophobic ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone as xenophobic, you disapprove of them because they show strong dislike or fear of people from other countries.
Xenophobic nationalism is on the rise in some countries.
  • American English: xenophobic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: xenófobo
  • Chinese: 排外的
  • European Spanish: xenófobo
  • French: xénophobe
  • German: fremdenfeindlich
  • Italian: xenofobo
  • Japanese: 外国人嫌いの
  • Korean: 외국인을 혐오하는
  • European Portuguese: xenófobo
  • Latin American Spanish: xenófobo

(adjective) 
a populist president elected on a xenophobic and anti-business platform
Synonyms
racist
a racist society
nationalist
bigoted
He was bigoted and racist.
parochial
the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village
insular
The old image of the insular Brit is slowly starting to change.
isolationist
ethnocentric
racialist
ethnocentrist

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bigoted
He was bigoted and racist.
Synonyms
intolerant,
twisted,
racist,
prejudiced,
biased,
warped,
sectarian,
dogmatic,
opinionated,
narrow-minded,
obstinate,
xenophobic,
chauvinistic,
small-minded,
illiberal,
uncharitable,
racialist
in the sense of insular
Definition
not open to change or new ideas
The old image of the insular Brit is slowly starting to change.
Synonyms
narrow-minded,
prejudiced,
provincial,
closed,
limited,
narrow,
petty,
parochial,
blinkered,
circumscribed,
inward-looking,
illiberal,
parish-pump
in the sense of parochial
Definition
narrow in outlook
the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village
Synonyms
provincial,
narrow,
insular,
limited,
restricted,
petty,
narrow-minded,
inward-looking,
small-minded,
parish-pump

Nearby words of
xenophobic

  • wry
  • X-ray
  • xenophobia
  • xenophobic
  • Xerox
  • Xmas
  • ya

Synonyms of 'xenophobic'

xenophobic

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