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xenophobic

[ zen-uh-foh-bik, zee-nuh‑ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

First recorded in 1910–15; xenophob(ia) + -ic

“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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