Xenophobia Definition

zenōfōbēə, zenəfōbēə; zēnofōbēə, zēnəfōbēə
noun
Fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything foreign or strange.
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Noun

Singular:
xenophobia
Plural:
xenophobias

Origin of Xenophobia

  • From xeno- +"Ž -phobia.

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Xenophobia Sentence Examples

  • The group is assisting communities to promote positive images of refugees and combat racism and xenophobia.

  • Stalin used anti-semitism to fuel Great Russian xenophobia after 1947.

  • The FA's decision to award him the job was accompanied by a small eruption of unpleasant xenophobia.

  • The documentary was immediately condemned by EFL teachers as evidence of increasing government xenophobia against English teachers.

  • To perpetuate racism and xenophobia through our media is not only antisocial and grossly irresponsible, it is well nigh criminal.

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