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xenophobic - 3 dictionary results

xen⋅o⋅pho⋅bi⋅a

[zen-uh-foh-bee-uh, zee-nuh-]
–noun
an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.

Origin:
1900–05; xeno- + -phobia


xen⋅o⋅pho⋅bic, adjective
xen·o·phobe   (zěn'ə-fōb', zē'nə-)   
n.  A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
xen'o·pho'bi·a n., xen'o·pho'bic adj.

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