xenophobic
English
Etymology
xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”)
Adjective
xenophobic (comparative more xenophobic, superlative most xenophobic)
- Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
- Synonyms: xenophobous; see also Thesaurus:xenophobic
- 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus:
- Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses
- 2019 May 17, “The Guardian view on the Venice Biennale’s migrant boat: pushing the limits of art”, in The Guardian:
- It has not yet promised much in the way of serious debate about the migrant crisis or the EU’s failure to tackle it in a humane and coordinated manner, in the context of the Italian government’s increasingly xenophobic policies.
Related terms
Translations
exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
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Translations
xenophobe — see xenophobe
See also
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