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xenophobia definition

xeno·pho·bia (-fō′bē ə)

noun

fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything foreign or strange

Etymology: ModL: see xeno- & -phobia

Related Forms:

  • xenophobe xen′o·phobe′ (-fōb′) noun
  • xenophobic xen′o·pho′·bic (-fō′bik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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