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 [zen-uh-foh-bik, zee-nuh‐] Example Sentences Origin

xen·o·pho·bic

  [zen-uh-foh-bik, zee-nuh‐]
adjective
unreasonably fearful of or hating anyone or anything foreign or strange.
Origin:
1905–1915; xenophob(ia) + -ic

Related forms
xen·o·pho·bi·cal·ly, adverb
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xenophobia (ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə)
 
—n
hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture
 
xeno'phobic
 
—adj

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xenophobic
1912, coined from Gk. xenos "foreign, strange" + phobos "fear" (see phobia).
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