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xenophobic
[ zen-uh-foh-bik, zee-nuh‑ ]
adjective
- relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- relating to or exhibiting fear or dislike of the customs, dress, etc., of people who are culturally different.
Other Words From
- xeno·phobi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of xenophobic1
Example Sentences
Public health experts called it “xenophobic, cruel, and unlawful” and demanded it be rescinded.
These distinctive chirps, which pups learn when they’re young, help the mostly blind, xenophobic rodents discern who belongs, strengthening the bonds that maintain cohesion in these highly cooperative groups.
I could choose to focus on politicians who use cheap rhetoric to advance a xenophobic agenda.
Those who disagreed were dismissed as xenophobic and unsophisticated.
He was criticized up and down, left and right for being intolerant, for being bigoted, for being xenophobic.
“The movie is totally xenophobic and brutal against the Turks,” he tells me.
They want to challenge what they see as an increasingly xenophobic continent.
Did Geert Wilders, the famously xenophobic Dutch politician, crib from the Nazis for his latest anti-immigrant tirade?
Oh, and their attitudes towards Arabs and promised land are even more insular and xenophobic than most settlers.
We are almost certainly hard coded to be xenophobic, which is why hunter gatherers often have such extraordinary homicide rates.
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