xenophobia Definition
xeno·pho·bia (----fō′bē ə)
xenophobia Related Forms
xen′o·phobe′ (----fōb′) noun
xen′o·pho′·bic (----fō′bik) adjective
xenophobia Usage Examples
Converse of object
- fuel: Stalin used anti-semitism to fuel Great Russian xenophobia after 1947.
- promote: M y concern is how terrorism promotes xenophobia and racism; that destructive generalizations are drawn and incorrect conclusions arrived at.
- disguise: At its most fanatical this was outright xenophobia disguised under a sheen of scientific legitimacy.
- combat: These results should be seen as a wake up call for all right-thinking people to combat xenophobia in all its guises.
- grow: By contrast, Aguilar argues that growing xenophobia against immigrants is a way of redefining and stabilizing Malaysian national identity.
- increase: The documentary was immediately condemned by EFL teachers as evidence of increasing government xenophobia against English teachers.
Noun used with modifier
month: Iâve no doubt that during that month xenophobia will be running through everyoneâs veins at some point or another.
Adjective modifier
- such: With such vile xenophobia expressed against Germany, how can we expect English football fans to behave differently?
- paranoid: With the country also at war with the French and Dutch, paranoid xenophobia - a familiar English trait - was rife.
- old-fashioned: Even Blyton's contemporaries thought the same ( the publisher Macmillan once rejected a manuscript for its " unattractive... old-fashioned xenophobia " ).
- unpleasant: The FA's decision to award him the job was accompanied by a small eruption of unpleasant xenophobia.
- racial: British attitudes shifted from relative openness to dislike and distrust, and even racial xenophobia.
- increased: A.E. : How do you feel in the prevailing atmosphere of increased xenophobia in Germany?
Modifies a noun
today: Subsequently racism, prejudice and xenophobia today are to some extent part of the broader legacy of slavery.
Preposition: in
medium: DREAM - Discrimination, Racism, Equality and the Media Fighting against racism and xenophobia in the media.
Browse dictionary entries near xenophobia
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