xenophobic
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əˈfoʊ adjective
unreasonably fearful of or hating anyone or anything foreign or strange.
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| —n | |
| hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture | |
| xeno'phobic | |
| —adj | |
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Xenophobic
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
xenophobic
1912, coined from Gk. xenos "foreign, strange" + phobos "fear" (see phobia).
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Example sentences
And during times of war, patriotic sentiment can quickly become xenophobic.
And the nation state, though he was well aware of its parochial and xenophobic limitations, seemed to be liberty's best incubator.
It is a nationalism that is cosmopolitan rather than insular and xenophobic.
If they're dopey or xenophobic or mean-spirited, that's bad.
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